Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero has described President Bola Tinubu’s administration as distant and unresponsive toward the union.
Speaking on the latest episode of the Mic On Podcast on Saturday, Ajaero reflected on the NLC’s December 2025 demonstration, stating that the congress’s repeated attempts to engage the federal government yielded no results.
He explained that after writing multiple unacknowledged letters to President Tinubu between May and December 2025, the NLC ultimately declared a nationwide protest in response to the government’s silence.
“For the past two to three years, it’s not government that is engaging. This government doesn’t engage,” he said.
“It’s only when people engage; they now say A, B, C, D. So they are aloof.
“By December 17, 2025, we pulled out that we were going to the streets. After writing a letter from May to December to the president and there was no response, we fixed that date that we were going to the streets
“And after that, some governors intervened, and we had an interface. So some governors met with us, and since that time, we have talked once or twice. And those issues, from December last year to now, they are just doing their business.
“Everybody is their enemy.”
The labour chairman’s remarks follow a three-day warning strike by public employees organized by the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC).
Backstory…
Recall that the union had previously threatened to embark on a industrial action if the federal government failed to implement a new wage award for workers and reduce petrol prices to N500 per litre.
Meanwhile, Public sector workers operating under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) have officially initiated a three-day warning strike spanning October 2 to October 4, 2026, citing worsening economic and psychological hardship impacting workers and their families.
The nationwide industrial action commenced at midnight on Friday, October 2, and is scheduled to conclude on Sunday, October 4.
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