Very early on Tuesday morning, power supply to residents of Kogi state was shutdown. This was to signal the commencement of a two-day warning strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

Speaking with newsmen in Lokoja, the Vice Chairman of NLC in Kogi, Comrade Eleojo Opaluwa, expressed his satisfaction with the level of compliance by the workers in the state.

Opaluwa, who is a member of National Union of Electricity Employees of Nigeria (NUEE) in Kogi, said the supply of electricity had been shut down in the whole of Kogi State.

“We are happy that the two-day national warning strike witnessed a total compliance in Lokoja, and the entire 21 local government areas of Kogi State.