National public sector union body backs Osun strike
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Vanguard
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, the trade union side, supports the three-day Osun workers’ strike over withheld local government allocations. It calls on the federal government to release the funds and warns of a possible wider shutdown, according to Vanguard.
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), the national negotiating body for Nigerian public-sector unions, has backed the three-day warning strike launched by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Osun State to demand the payment of allocations intended for local governments, according to Vanguard. The national council is calling on the federal government to release the withheld funds to prevent an escalation of the industrial dispute.
The JNPSNC says Osun’s allocations have been withheld since February 2025, or about 21 months as of November 2026, and considers the situation harmful to local government employees and their dependants. In a statement signed by its national secretary, Gbenga Olowoyo, the council warned that continued withholding could lead to a broader paralysis of local services, according to Vanguard.
