VIDEO: Passengers Stranded At Airport Over Labour Strike
Intending travellers have been left stranded as all entry points into the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport are inaccessible.
The entry points were blocked due to the industrial action called by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC.
In a video which surfaced online, intending passengers could be heard lamenting over their inability to access the airport.
The action has resulted in the suspension of all flight operations from the airport.
The organized labour had embarked on the strike to push for an improvement in the minimum wage of workers.
While the organized labour is proposing N494,000 as new minimum wage, the Nigerian government is insisting on paying N60,000.
In a last minute move to stop the strike, leaders of the National Assembly and organized labour met yesterday.
The meeting, however, ended in a deadlock as the organized labour insisted on the commencement of the strike.
Speaking after the meeting, TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo said the organized labour will never call off the strike without consulting its members.
“It is difficult and in fact impossible for us as labour leaders, to call off the strike here.
“We need to communicate with our various organs, meaning that the industrial action starts on Monday as planned,” he said.
