In this article first published in 2007 but whose import is still germane, Soyombo Opeyemi of the Editorial Board of Independent Newspapers Limited reflects on the cost of the NLC-TUC strike to the majority of the working class in Nigeria, who are in the informal sector...
'It's going to be a long-drawn strike; we advise Nigerians to stock their homes with foodstuffs; there is no retreat, no surrender until government meets our demands.' That is the refrain of the Organised Labour anytime strikes loom in the country.
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