A former National Chairman of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, called for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to focus on advancing workers’ rights rather than partisan politics.

He stated this while speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima.

The former NLC president said the priority of the labor unions should have been centered on state governments not currently paying the national minimum wage of N30,000.

Reacting to the comments by Oshiomole, the TUC President, Festus Osifo, noted that the industrial action is not in any way political and that the senator has no sufficient information on the matter.

Osifo also noted that it received no court order stopping the ongoing nationwide strike, accusing the government of repeatedly defying court orders.