Workers in Taraba State under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have fixed Monday, 12 August, 2025 for the commencement of indefinite strike, reports thegazellenews.com.
The state NLC Chairman, Peter Jediel; and his TUC counterpart, Comrade Abasu Sule, announced this through a joint press statement issued on Friday, 8 August, 2025.
The workers said they arrived at this decision following a resolution reached at a meeting of the Joint State Administrative Council held on Wednesday, 6 August, 2025.
The state organised labour said in the statement that the strike is aimed at resisting what labour described as “illegality” allegedly being carried out by the state’s Biometric Data Capture Committee.
The unions accused the committee of irregularities that had negatively impacted workers and insisted that their ultimatum had not been heeded by the state government.
“All workers, civil society organizations, and the general public are hereby put on notice to prepare adequately and stock their homes with necessary provisions,” the statement read.
The workers’ union directed all affiliate unions, branches, and units of the NLC and TUC to immediately form strike implementation committees within their respective Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs, to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
Mobilization for the strike will begin immediately, with further instructions to be issued in due course.
The statement urged workers and stakeholders to remain vigilant and united in the face of what it termed an assault on their rights and welfare.
