The Federal Government has told the Nigeria Labour Congress that it is legally restrained from embarking on a planned nationwide strike against the hike in the price of petrol and the high cost of living in the country.
The PUNCH reported on Wednesday that the NLC had given the government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse all what it called anti-poor and insensitive policies or face nationwide industrial action.
However, reacting to the ultimatum, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, B.E Jedy-Agba, in a statement on Wednesday, said the union was restrained by the order of the national industrial court from embarking on any strike regarding the removal of petrol subsidy.
