Senate President, Akpabio, Slams Labour For Shutting Down National Grid

The Senate President of Nigeria, Godswill Akpabio has said that the decision of Organized Labour to shut down the national grid was more of an act of economic sabotage than agitation for a new minimum wage. 

Akpabio said this on Tuesday on the floor of the senate after a motion sponsored by Diket Plang, senator representing Plateau Central, on the indefinite strike by the Labour.

Gwg.ng earlier reported that organized Labour on Monday, began an indefinite nationwide strike over the government’s failure to fix a new minimum wage for workers. 

The organized Labour as part of measures to ensure nationwide compliance to the strike shut down the national grid throwing the nation into total darkness.

During the plenary on Tuesday, the Senate President said the disruption of the ongoing West African School Certificate Examination (WAEC) by the strike “was bad”.

“One of such excesses was the shutdown of the national grid, which is more of an economic sabotage than agitation for a new minimum wage. 

“The disruption of hajj flights by some other Labour unionists as said by the deputy president of the senate, is also not palatable as a religious exercise. 

“Disruption or prevention of students from writing their West African School Certificate Examination by some Labour unionists during the strike was bad because the examination is not organized by Nigeria but by West African countries.”

However, the senate president went on to commend Labour for suspending the strike to allow for negotiations.

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