Day one of the warning strike by Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and its affiliate union on Tuesday, affected government offices as workers complied with the action.
In areas serviced by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) residents were thrown into darkness as a result of the ongoing strike by the (NLC).
The areas affected were the Federal Capital Territory, Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa states.
Speaking to the affected customers, the AEDC tasked customers to unplug sensitive electronic devices and appliances from power sources pending the restoration of power, as they will continue to provide updates on developments regarding the impact of the strike action on their operations through their official social media handles.
The NLC began a two-day warning strike on Tuesday to protest the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as a result of the petrol subsidy removal.
In support of the warning strike,Joe Ajaero, NLC president has called the removal of fuel subsidy a direct attack on the poor and working people of Nigeria and an attempt to impoverish the people further and make life more difficult for them.
In Akwa Ibom state, government offices in Uyo, the state capital,
including the judiciary headquarters located along Wellington Bassey road, Uyo, did not open to the public.
In a post on his social media post, Sunny James, the NLC state chairman, applauding the success of the action, said that a people united can never be defeated.
In Anambra State, workers stayed away from their offices in compliance with the labour.
Emeka Nwafor, the state chairman while addressing journalists after the exercise at Teacher’s House Awka, said they joined their counterparts across the country to make the government understand that workers, are also badly affected by the economic crisis in Nigeria as a result of the hike in the pump price of petrol, all in the name of subsidy removal.
He said that their demand to Federal Government to adjust their wages automatically in line with the existing economic realities, has fallen on deaf ears, hence the warning strike.
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