The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has threatened to ground economic activities in Lagos State on Monday, September 25, in protest of the state government’s ban on the operations of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria.
The TUC National President, Festus Osifo, announced the threat at a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. He said that the union had employed all necessary tools of engagement to resolve the issue amicably, but the state government had refused to budge.
Osifo said that the union would utilise trade unionism powers to protect its affiliate union. He also called on the Ministry of Labour and Employment to caution the Lagos State government.
The president further stated that If the state government remains adamant after the protest, the TUC will carry out a total shutdown of Lagos State.
“It is against this backdrop that we said on September 4 that within two weeks, if the Lagos State government remains adamant in resolving the issue, we are going to carry out a protest and after the protest and there is no resolution in sight, there is going to be a total shutdown of Lagos State, because what the state government is doing against a legally registered trade union is not acceptable to us,” he said.
