The clarification followed a joint meeting between NEPC management and the union leadership, where both parties jointly rejected online reports alleging that workers were planning to embark on strike. In a statement, Head of Corporate Communications, NEPC, Mr. Aliu Seidu Sadiq, said there was no planned or contemplated industrial action in the council. He described the reports as “false, baseless and misleading,” urging exporters, stakeholders and members of the public to disregard them. According to the council, the Union Chairman, Mr. Moruf Ogunlana, confirmed that NEPC continues to enjoy industrial harmony, stressing that neither the union nor its members authorised or were consulted on any purported strike action. It also rejected allegations of favouritism and nepotism, noting that both management and the workers’ union found the claims to be unfounded.