Public Servants Begin Three-Day Warning Strike Over Wages and Living Costs

Public servants under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council have begun a three-day warning strike over worsening economic conditions and wage-related demands. The action affects workers in federal, state and local government services and is scheduled to run from October 2 to October 4. The council said the strike followed the Federal Government’s failure to respond to demands submitted to President Bola Tinubu on September 21. Workers are demanding a reduction in petrol prices to ₦500 per litre, an immediate wage award and early negotiations for a new national minimum wage before 2027. The council said rising fuel, transport, rent and food costs have placed severe pressure on public servants.

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