Employees on the Federal Capital Territory Administration and Federal Capital Improvement Authority ignored a recent directive from the Joint Union Motion Committee to lengthen their strike, exhibiting up for work on Thursday.
JUAC Secretary, Abdullahi Umar Saleh, issued the order on Wednesday, urging workers to remain house and pray for the strike’s success. The assertion declared: “The strike continues as earlier declared by the JUAC. Workers are inspired to remain at house to repeatedly take part in each day prayers for the success of the strike.”
But visits to FCTA and FCDA places of work revealed employees actively finishing up duties, defying the decision. Talking anonymously, one FCTA staffer defined: “The court docket has mentioned we must always come to work and we now have no possibility. That is the final week of January—we anticipate salaries. If we don’t come, how will we receives a commission?”
The union’s push got here a day after the Nationwide Industrial Court docket in Abuja, on January 27, 2026, granted an interlocutory injunction sought by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and the FCTA. Justice E.D. Subilim dominated that strikes should halt as soon as a dispute reaches the court docket, stating: “An order of interlocutory injunction is hereby granted, restraining [workers] from additional embarking on any industrial motion… pending the dedication of this swimsuit.”
Performing FCT Civil Service Head, Mrs Nancy Sabanti, bolstered the order with a January 27 round, directing all secretariats, departments and businesses to keep up attendance registers and guarantee rapid resumption, whereas pledging dedication to workers welfare.