Employees of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday, stormed the premises of the Nationwide Industrial Courtroom in Abuja, joined by leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in protest in opposition to what they described as persistent violations of their rights by the FCTA administration and political management.
The demonstration, which drew tons of of employees carrying placards with inscriptions corresponding to “Wike Should Go!”, “Abuja No Be Rivers!”, “Pay Promotion Arrears”, and “Sufficient is Sufficient”, got here because the court docket started listening to a swimsuit filed by FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in opposition to the placing unions.
“We aren’t slaves in our personal metropolis. Abuja employees deserve respect and honest remedy,” stated one protesting workers member who joined the picket line outdoors the court docket gates.
The NLC, which declared full help for the strike, stated the commercial motion was justified as a result of “steady neglect of employees’ welfare, unpaid entitlements, and suppression of labour rights” by the FCTA management.
“This strike will not be about politics—it’s about justice and dignity for Abuja employees,” an NLC consultant advised reporters on the court docket premises.
The indefinite strike, declared final week by the Joint Unions Motion Committee (JUAC), has crippled operations throughout main authorities places of work within the FCT, affecting administrative and environmental companies.
In the meantime, in a dramatic twist, Minister Wike and the FCTA dragged the union to court docket over the commercial motion. The swimsuit, marked NICN/ABJ/17/2026, lists JUAC President Rifkatu Iortyer and Secretary-Basic Abdullahi Saleh as defendants, sued of their consultant capacities.
the Nationwide Industrial Courtroom, Abuja Division, on Monday, adjourned the case to Tuesday.
“We won’t be intimidated by court docket instances or threats. We solely need what’s rightfully ours,” one other JUAC member vowed.
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