NLC strike cripples activities, leaves passengers stranded at Benin Airport
The national strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress crippled activities across the country on Thursday.
Organised labour had ordered all its affiliates to commence an indefinite strike to press for its demand for a new national minimum wage.
NAN reports that hundreds of passengers who are supposed to travel are now stranded at the Benin Airport because of the nationwide strike, as both entry and exit gates were shut down. There was also traffic gridlock within the axis of the Airport Road as a result.
Mr. Emmanuel Ademokun, Edo Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), who did a round check to be ensure that there is total compliance with the stay at home directive of the NLC, said he was satisfied with the level of compliance.
He said, “We want to ensure that workers in the state comply with the directive of the NLC of industrial action. We are not just sitting, but going around to monitor things ourselves.
“I am quite satisfied with what I have seen so far and this will continue until there is a directive from the national secretariat.”
