At the last count, 14 labour unions had written to their members, directing them to join the shutdown.
The warning strike is a last resort to pressure the government to rescind its decision over the recent mass sack of workers.
Earlier, sources had informed our correspondent that government officials and labour leaders had been in talks on how to avert the strike action.
The talks apparently fell apart, with the Kaduna State Government on Saturday warning that it would not be blackmailed by a proposed strike action, and directed civil servants to report for work on Monday.
We’ll not succumb to blackmail – Govt
Many trade unions have also pledged their resolve to join the strike.
Among them is the Nigerian Union of Railway Workers (NUR), the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), which had issued separate notices to join the one-week strike.
While the aviation unions are vowing to shut down the airport, the NUR also said it would shut down the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS).
In a letter dated 14th May 2021 to the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the aviation unions informed that they would proceed on the action in compliance with the NLC’s directive with effect from midnight of Sunday, the 16th of May, 2021 to midnight of Friday the 21st of May.
Reps to probe Railway corporation’s automated e-ticketing process Reps to probe Railway corporation’s automated e-ticketing process
• seek end to menace of ticket racketeering
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled plans to investigate the e-ticketing process initiated by Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) for Abuja-Kaduna Train Services.
The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon Zayyad Ibrahim, who observed that the Abuja-Kaduna train services were officially commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, 26 July 2016 to provide the much-needed alternative means of transportation between Abuja and Kaduna.
While acknowledging that there has been a tremendous increase of passengers at Idu and Kubwa Train Stations in Abuja, as well as at Rigasa Station in Kaduna due to the increased security challenges on the Abuja and Kaduna Expressway, he decried the “increase in the number of passengers led to ticket-racketee