Public servants under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council have reaffirmed their September 30, 2026 ultimatum to the Federal Government over the rising cost of petrol, the demand for a wage award and the commencement of negotiations for a new national minimum wage.
The JNPSNC, made up of eight public sector unions, issued a three-day warning strike notice to the Federal Government, beginning October 2, should the government fail to slash the price of petrol to N500 per litre, announce a wage award and introduce other measures to cushion hardship in the country.
Members of the JNPSNC include the Nigerian Civil Service Union, Medical and Health Workers Union, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, and National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives.
Others are the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Employees, Nigeria Union of Public Service, Reportorial, Secretarial, Data Processors and Allied Workers; National Union of Printing, Publishing and Paper Products Workers; and National Union of Agriculture and Allied Employees.
The council said it had mobilised public servants across the country for the three-day warning strike if the Federal Government failed to address the issues raised in its letter to President Bola Tinubu before the deadline.
The JNPSNC had, on September 21, written to Tinubu, demanding that the price of petrol be slashed to N500, the immediate announcement of a wage award and the beginning of negotiations for not less than N500,000 minimum wage from 2027.
In a statement on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, leaders of the JNPSNC warned that should the issues not be addressed by September 30, especially during the Independence anniversary speech by the President, public servants nationwide would commence a three day warning strike beginning October 2, 2026.
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