Despite the planned protest and rally by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and some of its affiliates on Tuesday, against the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), most of the workers shunned such threat and resumed work on Monday.
The NLC Chairman, FCT Chapter, Comrade Stephen Knabayi had issued a statement ordering all Union/affiliate in the FCT to appear in their union's atires for the mass protests on Tuesday February 3, 2026.
Meanwhile a visit to some of the offices in the FCT Central Administration, that is Minister's Block, Treasury Department, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Abuja Geographical System (AGIS), and others, showed that workers were at work, carrying out their duties.
Some of the workers, who preferred to speak off record said they opted to come to work in obedience to the ruling of the court while discussion between the administration and the union is still ongoing.
Recall that the FCTA workers under the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC), had embarked on industrial action on January 9, pressing home some of their demands and owed allowances.
The administration had taken the union to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, challenging the legality of the industrial action embark upon by the workers.
The Industrial Court in Abuja had last week Tuesday, ordered the workers to suspend their strike pending further hearing in a suit brought by the FCT authority, challenging the legality of the industrial action.
Justice Emmanuel Subilim, granted the order in a ruling on an application filed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the FCTA.
Subsequently, in a move to restore administrative order across the FCTA, the Acting Head of Service of the FCT, Nancy Sabanti Nathan, directed all permanent secretaries and heads of departments to ensure compliance with the court order by maintaining staff attendance registers.
The circular, dated January 27, 2026, instructed Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments, Parastatals and Agencies to enforce immediate resumption of duties by workers, reaffirming the administration’s commitment to staff welfare in the process.
