Public servants across Nigeria have commenced a three-day warning strike over worsening economic hardship and demands for improved wages and better working conditions.
The industrial action, declared by the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), began at midnight on Friday, October 2, and is expected to end on Sunday, October 4, 2026. The directive covers workers in federal, state and local government services.
The council said the strike followed the Federal Government’s failure to address demands submitted to President Bola Tinubu in a letter dated September 21. The workers are demanding a reduction in petrol prices to ₦500 per litre, an immediate wage award and the commencement of negotiations for a new national minimum wage ahead of 2027.
The JNPSNC also called for the early establishment of a tripartite committee to begin negotiations on the new minimum wage, saying this would help prevent delays in the implementation of a new wage law.
The warning strike comes amid concerns over rising fuel, transportation, housing and other living costs, with the council saying the economic hardship affecting workers and their families had become increasingly difficult.
