Organized labour in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital is taking extra steps to ensure full compliance with the indefinite strike over a new minimum wage and the hike in electricity tariff.At the headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Company , labour officials ordered all non-essential staff to leave the premises after finding some staff on site.
Emphasising that amidst hunger occasioned by the high cost of living, the government prioritises their welfare, hitherto eating fat and paying workers menial minimum wage. Eze noted that labour will protest until their demands which include a reversal in the hike in electricity tariff are met. The financial institutions are not also left out. Channels Television observed that most of the banks in the Rivers State capital were not operational. However, customers were spotted going in and out of one of the commercial banks .