The federal government, through the Attorney-General of the Federation , Lateef Fagbemi, has cautioned labour unions against the indefinite strike they plan to embark on in protest against hardships associated with petrol subsidy removal.and the Trade Union Congress had declared their plan to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike on 3 October.
The AGF, who doubles as the Minister of Justice, on Thursday, wrote the unions through their lawyer, Femi Falana, warning them to desist from going on with the planned strike. In the letter dated 26 September but made public on Thursday by Modupe Ogundoro, director of press at the Federal Ministry of Justice, the minister reminded the labour unions of a subsisting court order issued in a pending suit at the industrial court concerning the dispute.
“Whilst your clients had maintained that the nationwide protest by NLC is in furtherance of its constitutional right to embark on protests, the Ministry has repeatedly advised on the need to advise your clients to refrain from resorting to self-help and taking actions capable of undermining subsisting orders of a court of competent jurisdiction,” Mr Fagbemi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria , said.
The labour unions had been battling with the federal government since President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of fuel subsidy at his inauguration on 29 May.