The Organised Private Sector Nigeria (OPSN) has clarified its position on strike actions being embarked upon by the National Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), saying it poses a serious threat to the country’s economy.

The OPSN members are Manufacturers Association of Nigeria(MAN); Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA); Nigeria Employers Consultative Association ( NECA);  Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises ( NASME) , and Nigerian Association of Small-Scale Industrialists ( NASSI).

In a statement from the OPSN Secretariat, signed by NECA Director-General, Mr. Wale Oyerinde, the body said that the economy was currently not doing well and that it could not support a nationwide strike at this moment.

“The government and labour need to understand that our economy is being de-marketed, and the livelihood of the average Nigerian is being diminished by this incessant bickering. One is beginning to wonder if the well-being of more than 200 million Nigerians is being factored into their negotiations.

“It is evident that the series of consultations between the Federal Government and the labour unions have not yielded positive results and the latter has resolved, in one way or the other, to go ahead with the protest/strike, ” it said.

He said, “We have keenly watched the back-and-forth consultations between the government on the one hand .

The OPSN, therefore urges the Federal Government and labour unions to work diligently to prevent the impending disruption of socioeconomic activities in the nation.