BENUE LG WORKERS LAUNCH TWO-WEEK STRIKE OVER UNPAID SALARIES
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By:Tajudeen Aminat
Local government workers in Benue State on Thursday commenced a two-week warning strike over unpaid salaries, delayed promotions, and unresolved pension remittances, disrupting activities across the state’s 23 local government councils.
The industrial action followed the expiration of an earlier 14-day ultimatum and an additional seven-working-day notice issued to the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia by the Benue State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE).
In a strike notice dated May 13, 2026, and signed by the union’s State President, Joshua Adah Adiniya, and State Secretary, Aseneshi Musa Yusuf, the union accused the state government of ignoring longstanding welfare issues affecting council workers.
Titled “Notification of Strike Action,” the notice stated that the union had exhausted all avenues for dialogue before resorting to the strike.
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According to the union, the government failed to respond adequately despite repeated efforts to resolve the disputes and prevent industrial action.
Among the workers’ demands are the payment of March and April 2026 salary arrears, implementation of pending promotions, resolution of BEPCON remittance issues, reinstatement of disengaged local government workers from 2011/2012, and settlement of outstanding salary arrears.
NULGE said its State Executive Council had earlier resolved during a meeting on April 21, 2026, to intensify pressure on the government, but lamented the absence of any meaningful response.
The union directed all local government employees across the 23 councils to fully comply with the two-week stay-at-home warning strike, describing it as a total shutdown of local government activities in the state pending further directives.
Copies of the strike notice were also sent to local government chairmen, divisional police officers, heads of the Department of State Services in the councils, and the Benue State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
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