Nigeria: Workers reserve the right to strike

President-General of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Mrs Peace Obiajulu, has said the anti-strike clause in the new labour act would not prevent workers from going on strike when they wanted to do so. Obiajulu, speaking in Lagos during a rally organised by the congress to mark the May Day celebrations, said she was ready to go to jail for going on strike for the sake of Nigerian workers. "Strike or no strike, that clause makes no difference to the Nigerian worker. If I have reason to go on strike, I will do so. I'm ready to be locked up, they will help immortalise my name," she said.