Public service workers under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council have declared a three-day warning strike over what they described as worsening economic hardship affecting workers and their dependants.
The industrial action is scheduled to begin at midnight on Friday, October 2, and end on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
The directive was contained in a circular dated October 1 and signed by the National Secretary of the JNPSNC, Olowoyo Gbenga.
The council directed its national and state leadership to mobilise workers across the country and ensure that public servants are informed of the planned action.
According to the circular, the decision followed the Federal Government’s alleged failure to respond to demands earlier submitted to President Bola Tinubu in a letter dated September 21.
The council said the strike was intended to draw attention to the economic difficulties confronting workers, their families and other vulnerable Nigerians.
It called on workers in the federal, state and local government services to participate in the warning strike.
The council said, “Consequent upon the above, the strike shall start with effect from midnight on Friday, 2nd October, 2026 to Sunday October 4th, 2026.”
It added that the action was necessary because workers and their dependants were facing severe economic pressure.
The council said, “All public servants in the services of federal, state and local governments are to join the warning strike because an injury to one is an injury to all, most especially, all workers, their dependants, vulnerable and hapless Nigerians are groaning terribly under the present economic hardship.”
