Benue LG workers begin two-week strike over unpaid salaries

Local authorities employees successful Benue State, on Thursday began a two-week informing onslaught implicit unpaid wages, delayed promotions, and unresolved pension remittances, disrupting operations crossed each 23 section authorities councils successful the state.

The onslaught came aft the expiration of an earlier 14-day ultimatum and a further 7 moving days’ announcement issued to Governor Hyacinth Alia’s medication by the Benue State section of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE).

In a announcement dated May 13, 2026, and endorsed by the State President, Joshua Adah Adiniya, alongside the State Secretary, Aseneshi Musa Yusuf, the national accused the authorities authorities of neglecting persistent payment concerns affecting assembly workers.

The document, titled “Notification of Strike Action,” explained that the national had pursued each imaginable dialog channels earlier taking this step.

“Unfortunately, the Benue State Government has remained adamant and ignored each the opportunities offered by the national to resoluteness these disputes and avert the consequences,” the national stated.

Among their demands are the ...