Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, supported by the Nigeria Labour Congress, on Monday protested at the National Industrial Court in Abuja over their ongoing industrial action.
The demonstration followed a directive from the NLC declaring full backing for the strike, which the labour body said was justified by persistent violations of workers’ rights by the FCTA’s management and political leadership.
The protesters carried placards with the inscriptions “Wike must go!!”, “Abuja no be Rivers”, “Pay promotion arrears”, “Enough is Enough” and “No working tools”.
The FCTA workers began an indefinite strike last week over “authorities’ failure to address long-standing labour and welfare demands”.
The strike has led to the shutdown of activities across major government offices in Abuja.
Subsequently, Nyesom Wike, FCT minister, took the Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC) to court over the industrial action.
The suit marked NICN/ABJ/17/2026 was filed at the Abuja division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) and is scheduled for today.
Court documents showed that the claimants in the suit are the FCT minister and the FCTA, while the defendants are Rifkatu Iortyer, president of JUAC, and Abdullahi Saleh, secretary-general of the union, sued in their representative capacities.