Despite the depressed state of the textile industry, workers in Chellco Kaduna, UNT Lagos and other factories on Thursday joined their counterparts in other parts of the country to observe the nationwide strike action as mandated by the Nigeria Labour Congress over the issue of new National Minimum Wage.

In a statement in Kaduna, the General Secretary of the Union, Comrade Issa Aremu expresses support for the warning strike by the organised labour and called on the Federal government to urgently reconvene the meeting of the Tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee to enable it conclude its work. “The strike was avoidable in the first place if there had been appropriate official communication on continuous negotiation as opposed to closed discussions without an agreement. The warning strike might however not be prolonged if government immediately resume discussion. We salute all our members and other industrial unions for the solidarity” he stated.