The organised labour on Friday said that there was no going back on the November 6 proposed strike over non-implementation of N30,000 minimum wage.
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Umahi, who gave the directive on Friday in a statement he personally signed, also directed that no public office should be closed during the strike.
Traders in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital, have urged the three tiers of government to listen to workers’ demand over the new Minimum Wage for the betterment of the nation’s economy.
The Presidency on Thursday in Abuja summoned the leadership of the organised labour to an emergency meeting with a view to ending the ongoing nationwide industrial action.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some commercial banks in Ibadan metropolis also shut down their activities in compliance with the directive by the labour groups.
The warning strike called by Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress over disagreements on the adoption of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers was effective in some parts of the country.
Activities at the Benin Airport in Edo State were grounded on Thursday as both entry and exit gates were locked, with hundreds of intending passengers stranded, arising from a nationwide strike called by leadership of organised labour.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Kano State chapter, has expressed readiness to comply with the planned nationwide strike action on Thursday called by the national body.
Making the plea is pro-democracy and non-governmental body, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, which specifically asked Onnoghen to call out all the court systems in Nigeria to a week-long warning strike to protest against serial disobedience of President Muhammadu Buhari to a litany of binding Federal High Court bail orders with specific reference to the prolonged detention of erstwhile National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, and the leader of the Islamic movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaki.
JOHESU disclosed this at a peaceful rally organised by its national body in Abuja, saying it would not be deterred by the court’s injunction compelling its members to return to work.
A copy of the statement dated May 17, with reference number: HQ/JOHESU/ADM/VOL.III/563, was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto.
Ifezue said over N14 million was deducted from CCA workers salary under the Contributory Pensions Scheme and Housing Fund but was not remitted to the appropriated agencies.
He said differences in salaries among various categories of workers in the same sector was through steps in the structure unlike the current situation in which different groups had different salary structures in the same sector.
President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers, Angel Carbonu, at a news conference said the teachers took the decision due to the deliberate actions and inaction of the government regarding the arrears.
The unions decried the delay in payment of N45 billion approved by the Federal Government for the ex-workers’ pensions and other entitlements.
The doctors immediately said they would not be intimidated and would not return until their demands were met.
The Chairman of the chapter, Dr Godwin Tijani, said this on Tuesday in a statement after an Emergency Congress Meeting of the Association in Lokoja.
Dr Salahu Lawal, ASSU Chairman, IBB University Chapter, told News Agency of Nigeria in an interview in Lapai, on Saturday that the decision was taken after the expiration of the week-long warning strike embarked by the union on March 7.
Members of the union in the university embarked on the strike since January over unresolved staff welfare issues and unpaid salaries.
The doctors downed tools two weeks ago demanding better pay and working conditions.