The Trade Union Congress (TUC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, has directed its members to disregard the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)’s call for an indefinite strike over the dispute between the FCT Administration (FCTA) and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT).
The TUC FCT Council, in a statement, said its members should resume their normal duties and businesses, insisting that it was not consulted before the NLC issued the strike directive. 
The NLC FCT Council had, in a communique dated October 6, 2026, directed public and private sector workers across the territory to embark on an indefinite strike beginning Wednesday, October 7, over the dispute involving the FCTA and the teachers’ union.
However, the TUC said it neither participated in the meeting that produced the directive nor endorsed the planned industrial action.
“The directive was issued without any consultation with the TUC FCT Council or any of its affiliates in the FCT,” the council stated, stressing that it was not a party to the strike.
The congress urged its affiliate unions and members to continue their regular activities and report to work as usual, warning against intimidation or coercion aimed at forcing them to participate in an industrial action it had not sanctioned.
It also directed affiliate union leaders to disregard any instructions to establish enforcement committees unless such directives emanated from the TUC FCT leadership.
The council urged its members to remain calm, law-abiding and vigilant, adding that any attempt to intimidate them into joining the strike should be reported immediately to its secretariat.
Expressing concern over the welfare of teachers, other workers and schoolchildren in the FCT, the TUC said disputes of such nature should be resolved through consultation and established industrial relations mechanisms.
It maintained that constructive engagement remained the best approach to resolving the disagreement without disrupting children’s access to education.
The council added that any further directives to its members would come directly from its leadership should the situation change.
“Solidarity!” the statement concluded.
