Public servants under the aegis of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) Trade Union Side, have declared a three-day warning strike across Nigeria, effective from midnight of Friday, October 2, 2026.
The unions affiliated to the council include the Nigerian Civil Service Union (NCSU); Medical and Health Workers Union (MHWUN); Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN); and National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM).
Others are the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Employees (AUPCTRE); Nigeria Union of Public Service, Reportorial, Secretarial, Data Processors and Allied Workers (NUPSRAW); National Union of Printing, Publishing and Paper Products Workers (NUPPPPROW); and National Union of Agriculture and Allied Employees (NUAAE).
In a circular dated October 1, 2026 and signed by its National Secretary, Comrade Olowoyo Gbenga, the council directed workers to commence the warning strike immediately, citing the Federal Government’s failure to address its demands.
The circular recalled the position of the JNPSNC leadership that if President Bola Tinubu, who is also Chairman of the Federal Executive Council refused to address the council’s requests contained in its letter dated September 21, 2026, “the three days warning strike earlier scheduled shall commence immediately.”
Consequently, the council said the strike would run from midnight on Friday, October 2, to Sunday, October 4, 2026.
It also called on all public servants at the federal, state and local governments to join the action, describing the prevailing economic conditions as an “injury to all, most especially, all workers, their dependants, vulnerable and hapless Nigerians.”
“The economic and mental hardships are becoming unbearable and frustrating,” the council said, stressing that the time had come to mobilise workers for the warning strike.
“The time to act and mobilise workers for the three days warning strike is now!!!” the council added.
The JNPSNC directed its affiliates and state structures to disseminate the information and mobilise workers for the action.
