NLC Strike: Electricity Supply Cut Off, Secretariat Gates Shut in Niger

Laleye Dipo in Minna

Electricity supply to most homes and businesses in Niger State has been disrupted as a result of the take-off of the two-day warning strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

Also, the gates to the state secretariat complex and other government offices in Minna, the state capital, were shut making it impossible for workers to go in.

Some top civil servants, who arrived the secretariat early, were chased out of the complex by the NLC monitoring team who later locked the gates.

However, commercial banks in Minna opened for business just like the markets and departmental stores.

Only very few vehicles were on the roads as petrol stations were all open to customers.

The state Chairman of the NLC, Mr Idris Lafene, told THISDAY that: “We are satisfied with the level of compliance, so far so good.”

Lafene said the congress will report the five banks that refused to comply with the directive of the national leadership of the congress.