Members of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday morning picketed the Ministry of Steel Development Complex at Wuse 2 in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The aggrieved unions demanded better welfare for themselves and their colleagues working in the ministry.
They also opposed what they described as the unjust sack of workers and a ban on workers’ rights to practice unionism.
The labour unions led by Eche Asuzu barricaded the main gate of the ministry’s headquarters in the nation’s capital and prevented staffers of the ministry from gaining access to their offices.