The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), striking unions have continued their industrial action despite a court order compelling them to resume work.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA workers under the Joint Union Action Committee, JUAC on January 19 began an indefinite strike over unresolved welfare concerns.
JUAC embarked on the industrial action to appeal for urgent action to resolve the welfare issues affecting their “morale and productivity”.
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), and the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), joined the strike on Monday in solidarity with their counterparts at the FCTA and the FCDA.
The workers are demanding for the payment of five-month wage awards, outstanding 2023 and 2024 promotion arrears; full payment of 13 months’ hazard allowance and 22 months’ rural allowance for health workers.
Other demands include remittance of pension and National Housing Fund deductions; stoppage of intimidation of workers; improved staff welfare and working conditions.
The National Industrial Court in Abuja had on Tuesday ordered the FCTA workers to suspend the strike pending further hearing in a suit brought by the FCT authorities to stop the industrial action.
Judge Emmanuel Subilim issued the order in a ruling on an application filed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the FCTA.
A court document sighted by journalists on Wednesday shows that the suit has Wike and FCTA as claimants, while the leaders of the striking unions, Rifkatu Iortyer and Abdullahi Umar Saleh are defendants.
The document, dated Tuesday, 27th January, 2026, and signed by the Registrar, indicated that the application before the court was for “an Order of injunction to restrain the Defendants in the manner sought on the face of the Motion paper.”
