The organized labour on Friday declared Wednesday, 8th November 2023 a nationwide strike following the manhandling of the national president comrade Joe Ajaero in Imo State.
Ajaero was whisked away by the police at a protest on non-payment of workers by the Imo State Government in the state capital.
NLC accused the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, of conspiring with the state Commissioner of Police, Barde, to ‘abduct’ Ajaero
On Friday, November 3, the Deputy President of NLC, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, and the deputy president of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) in a joint briefing with journalists in Abuja gave implementation of six-point demands to the federal government to avert the looming strike.