Senate President Godswill Akpabio has accused the Organised Labour of sabotaging the economy by shutting down the national grid during its nationwide strike.

He argued that shutting down the national grid was more of economic sabotage than a call for a new minimum wage.

Akpabio made this statement on Tuesday, June 4, in the senate following a motion by Senator Diket Plang, who represents Plateau Central, about the ongoing indefinite strike by the labour union.

The strike began on Monday, June 3, because the government hadn’t set a new minimum wage for workers.

As part of the strike, Organised Labour shut down the national grid, causing a nationwide blackout.

During a senate session, the Senate President criticized the strike for disrupting the West African School Certificate Examination (WAEC), calling it a negative consequence.

Senate President,

“One of such excesses was the shutdown of the national grid, which is more of an economic sabotage than agitation for a new minimum wage. The disruption of hajj flights by some other labour unionists as said by the deputy president of the senate, is also not palatable as a religious exercise. Disruption or prevention of students from writing their West African School Certificate Examination by some labour unionists during the strike was bad because the examination is not organised by Nigeria but by West African countries.”