JNPSNC Plans Strike Over Wage and Fuel Price Demands
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), Trade Union Side, announced plans for a three-day warning strike beginning October 2 if the Federal Government does not meet its demands by September 30. The demands include wage awards and the initiation of negotiations for a new national minimum wage due in 2027.
Comrade Olowoyo Gbenga, the National Secretary of the JNPSNC and General Secretary of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), emphasized that the current fuel prices, ranging from N1,450 to N2,500 per litre, are unsustainable for public servants. The council is urging the government to reduce petrol prices to N500 per litre and establish an intervention fund to support oil and gas operators.
Additionally, they are calling for immediate wage awards to alleviate the economic burden on workers and the formation of a tripartite committee to facilitate minimum wage negotiations. The council warned that failure to act would compel public servants to take industrial action.
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