The FCT Chapter of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has shut down activities at the Bwari Area Council Secretariat over non-implementation of the new minimum wage.
Mr Abdullahi Yahaya, FCT NULGE Secretary, in a statement on Monday in Bwari Abuja, directed its members to stay at home until their demands were met.
He said that the union had earlier written a memo to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to intimate it of the unions challenges and plans.
“The union in its emergency meeting held on October 28, deliberated on the issue of non-implementation of the new minimum wage, 20 months after.
“We had earlier sent a reminder on October 19 to remind the Honourable Minister of the FCT, Mr Bello Mohammed, on our stand of October 31 if the minimum wage is not implemented.
“In view of the foregoing, the union has agreed that the staff of the six area councils of the FCT and the non-teaching staff of the Local Education Authority (LEA) in the area councils shall proceed on an indefinite strike from 1am on November 1″, he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the council secretariat was shut and members of the union prevented people from going into the building.
It also observed the same development at the Local Education Authority Secretariat, Bwari.
One of the council staff, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told NAN that the move was a welcome idea as so many families could not meet up with the price hike of goods and services.
According to him, implementation of the new minimum wage will cushion the effect of COVID-19 on them.