Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) under the aegis of the Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC) on Monday morning shut the gates of the FCTA Secretariat on No. 1 Kapital Road, Area 11, Garki, Abuja.
Naija News understands that as early as 8 a.m., when a Vanguard correspondent drove by the area, the workers who were obeying the strike action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had locked the gates and also blocked them with vehicles.
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Meanwhile, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that its workers have deliberately shut down Nigeria’s power grid as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) strike begins.
Naija News reports that the NLC and TUC commenced a nationwide industrial action on Monday in protest against the N60,000 minimum wage proposal of the Federal Government.
The TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement on Monday morning titled “Grid shutdown: Union Deliberately shuts down the National Grid,” said labour unions shut down some of its transmission substations.
On the power generating side, TCN said the stations were forced to shut down some units of their generating plants.
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