Osun APC warns NLC against planned strike, picketing of UBA branches
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo –
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the state leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against embarking on its planned three-day sympathy strike and picketing of United Bank for Africa (UBA) branches over the lingering dispute surrounding local government allocations.
The party also called on the police and other security agencies to be on standby to prevent any breakdown of law and order during the proposed industrial action.
The Osun NLC, led by Comrade Christopher Arapasopo, had announced plans to commence the strike on November 8, 2026, and end it at midnight on November 11, followed by peaceful picketing of all UBA branches across the state from November 12.
The announcement was contained in a communique signed by Arapasopo, which disclosed that mobilisation was ongoing with the support of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and South-West councils to ensure total compliance.
Reacting in a statement issued on Tuesday by its director of media and information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi, the APC described the planned action as illegal, arguing that the NLC should not use industrial action and picketing to intervene in legal and administrative disagreements involving local government allocations.
Olabisi described the labour union’s approach as counterproductive, insisting that the dispute should be addressed through appropriate institutional channels rather than actions capable of disrupting public peace.
The party said, “While we acknowledge the need for organised labour to protect workers’ salaries, pensions and allowances, we fault the labour union’s approach in this situation, as it has failed to adequately account for the legal questions surrounding the leadership of the councils”.
It insisted that the proposed strike was politically motivated, claiming that workers had not complained about unpaid or delayed salaries, pensions, allowances or other entitlements. “There is no justification for the proposed strike, as the strikers have no business with the local government allocations,” the party stated.
