The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria vowed to ground economic activities in Lagos State as parts of its protest against the ban on the operations of its affiliate union, the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria by the state government.
It also directed its members to mobilise for a one-day protest on Monday in preparation for withdrawal of service.
The National President of the TUC, Festus Osifo, who made this known during a press briefing in Abuja, said all affiliate unions of TUC including the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions among others are expected to join the action.
Osifo said the TUC had employed all the necessary tools of engagement for amicable resolution, including writing letters and holding meetings with the Lagos State government on the issue, adding that the RTEAN also went to court and got a judgment from the National Industrial Court which said the state government had no powers to proscribe a trade union legally registered by the Federal Government.
