Public service workers under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) have declared a three-day warning strike over what they described as worsening economic and mental hardship affecting workers and their dependants.
The strike is scheduled to begin at midnight on Friday, October 2, and end on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
The directive was contained in a circular dated October 1 and signed by the National Secretary of the JNPSNC, Olowoyo Gbenga.
The council directed its national and state leaders to immediately mobilise workers and ensure the strike notice reaches public servants across the country.
According to the circular, the decision followed what the council described as the Federal Government’s failure to respond to demands contained in a September 21, 2026 letter addressed to President Bola Tinubu.
The council called on workers in the federal, state and local government services to participate in the action, saying workers and their dependants were facing severe economic difficulties.
“The economic and mental hardships are becoming unbearable and frustrating,” the council stated.
The planned strike follows earlier demands by the JNPSNC for measures to ease the impact of rising living costs, including a reduction in petrol prices, an immediate wage award for workers and negotiations for a new national minimum wage ahead of 2027.
The council had reportedly called for petrol to be reduced to N500 per litre and requested the establishment of a tripartite committee to negotiate a new national minimum wage.
It urged its members to commence mobilisation immediately, insisting that the warning strike would proceed as scheduled.