The nationwide strike organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has recorded partial compliance in some parts of the North-Central.

 The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while activities went on normally in some states, officials of the NLC chased out students, workers, and forced offices to close down in others.

 In Plateau, the State Secretariat complex was locked up, with anxious workers who reported to work chased away by union officials.

 Schools and banks were also closed, with primary school pupils and secondary school students chased out of classes, while others were forced to return home.

 NAN also observed that the gates to the head office of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) was locked, forcing workers who came to work to park outside while awaiting further directive from management officials most of who forced their ways into the premises.

 Equally locked was the main entrance into the Plateau Polytechnic, Jos, while students merely idled around as lectures did not hold.

 The courts were also locked, with litigants, who turned up for slated cases, going home disappointed.

 NAN, however, reports that normal activities went on at the University of Jos, hospitals and many other public institutions, with many workers saying that they decided to come to office for fear of being affected by the no-work-no-pay directive by the Federal Government.

 Mr Jubril Bancir, NLC Chariman in the state, told NAN that the congress would enforce the strike call until there was a contrary directive from the NLC headquarters in Abuja.

 ``We are on strike; there's total compliance in Plateau and we shall ensure that the action is sustained,'' he said.

 Mr Gunshing Yarling, Chairman, NUT in Plateau, vowed that the strike would be sustained and accused government of not consulting workers and unionists before increasing the price of fuel.

 ``The strike is indefinite; we want to force government to do the right thing,'' he said.

 The situation was, however, different in Taraba where public establishments and other organisations were seen carrying out their regular day-to-day day activities.

 Our correspondents who visited establishments such as the Civil Service Commission, Board of Internal Revenue and the state Secretariat in Jalingo, found them all open.

 NAN also observed that all commercial banks, private schools, markets, filling stations, Higher Institutions, among others, were open and busy with regular duties.

 Haruna Garba, a civil servant, told NAN in Jalingo that the strike was unnecessary .

 ``My brother, there is no need for this strike because the Federal Government has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

 ``You cannot continue to pay tax payers' money to rich oil dealers for services they have not rendered.

 ``Fuel subsidy is a fraud and it must be removed,” he said.

 Mrs Abigail James, an accountant, said that the officials of the NLC were no longer reliable.

 ``Look, labour can no longer be using and dumping us for their selfish interests.

 ``You can’t be inviting people for strike, only for you to go through the back door and compromise.

 ``You may recall that in 2012 labour called for strike but in the end they went and negotiated for themselves rather than Nigerians,” she alleged.

 Raymond Enoch, a development expert, blamed the non-compliance on lack of proper co-ordination from the NLC.

 ``The strike is not effective. And the reason is because NLC did not perform their mobilisation function effectively,” Enoch said.

 When contacted , the state NLC chairman, Mr Peter Gambo, said there was partial, not total, compliance with the strike in the state

 ``The Trade Union Congress withdrew from the strike which weakened our resolve and cohesion,'' he said.

 Gambo, however, said that the NLC would continue to negotiate with the Federal Government on the subsidy withdrawal despite the partial compliance with the warning strike.

 In Benue, there was total non-compliance with the NLC call, with banks, private and government organisations opened for normal activities.

 NAN also found that business outfits on highways and markets went on normal, without interruption by union officials or any other body.

 Traffic was also normal, with schools working in Makurdi, Gboko, Vandekia Oturkpo and other towns in the state.

 In Niger, visits to schools in Minna, showed that clases were in session, except for hand bills being circulated by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) officials who vowed to picket schools that were in normal sessions.

 Banks, government offices and other activities were working smoothly as no NLC officials disturbed any activity.

 In Kogi, our correspondents report that the situation was very calm, with schools, offices, banks and other institutions operating without any distraction.

 Some government workers who spoke on the strike said that the signals were conflicting, hence their decision to play safe by reporting for work.

 ``Up to this morning, there was no clear signal; TUC said no strike, court said no strike, SGF said no strike, so, I also felt that no strike will hold and that is why I am here,'' Sani Ada, a staff of Kogi Board of Internal Revenue, told NAN in Lokoja. (NAN)