Chai! Na wah o, na so Nyesom Wike, di Minister of Federal Capital Territory, don yarn am well for Abuja. E don tell di striking staff of FCTA make dem pack dem bags go back work or risk wahala, following court ruling wey don decide say di strike wey don dey hold public services for Abuja hostage for over one week no fit continue.
Wike, my people, no give dem breathing space. After di court session, e release hot gist for journalists say rule of law no dey play. According to am, some politicians don carry dem wahala go play politics wey no concern workers’ welfare. “As di shift hit di fan, we for FCTA don dey try settle matter when dem come hijack di strike,” Wike talk. E continue dey point to say some of di demands from di workers na “frivolous” and some don already dey addressed. n
Na wetin? Wike no stop for there o! Di guy still drop bombshell. E talk say more than N12 billion don clear for payment of January salaries for di workers. See as e dey show commitment to di workers wey suppose help carry di country go forward. “See am,” e talk, “FCT don generate over N30 billion for inside revenue, no be small matter o!”
Wike dey urge di workers make dem open dem eye to di reforms wey di administration don put for ground, including dem establish Civil Service Commission and infrastructure wey dey sprout up everywhere. “No be onli government dey chop, workers sef dey responsible for di lack of development,” e drop another hot take.
As tension dey rise, e still talk say dem no chase am comot for office during di protest. Na just for airport, make e carry di President Tinubu waka, na im make am come outside. Wike no dey joke, because e don warn say anybody wey try lock gate again go suffer am. “Law must gree obey,” he end.
Wike still accuse some senior civil servants say dem dey promote di strike matter, anyhow no fit stop him from doing wetin e get to do. “To see me face-to-face no be right, na di representatives go discuss with management,” he talk clear. E come remind dem say anyone wey not obey court order go see court wahala as dem dey face tighter enforcement.
Meanwhile, di workers from di Joint Union Action Committee wey don cause all dis drama, don strike since January 19 over welfare concerns. Di National Industrial Court don burst di strike matter and tell dem make dem pack dem load go back work as di matter dey go further. Justice E.D. Subilim, wey be di judge, don put date for March 23, 2026, for di main suit hearing. E don clear say di right to strike no be absolute; once matter land court, di action suppose stop.
We even hear from di claimants’ lawyer, James Onoja (SAN), who com praise di court decision, urge di unions make dem allow peace reign. Lawyer for di respondents, Maxwell Opara, still talk say di workers na law-abiding citizens as dem go respect di court order. Di newly elected president of JUAC, Rifkatu Iortyer, com talk say dem go follow court order and return to work while dem still dey push for dia other matters. “We no dey outside di law, we go return to work without wahala,” she conclude.
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