The Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NURW) has commenced a three-day warning strike and halted railway services in the country.
The workers suspended passenger and cargo train services operated by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).
The NURW and the Senior Staff Association of the railway sector had earlier directed the staff of the Corporation to go on a three-day nationwide strike over the poor welfare state.
In a circular released by the leaders of both unions and addressed to the District Chairmen and Secretaries of the unions in Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Zaria, Minna, Bauchi, and Kafanchan, among others, the officials were directed to hold a meeting of workers in their districts and tell them about the impending strike.
It was recently observed in Abuja that workers in Idu locked the station and carried various placards in protest.
However, at the Mobolaji Johnson Train Station in Ebute-Metta in Lagos, protesting workers were seen carrying placards while lamenting poor working conditions in the Corporation.
