According to a communiqué at the end of its Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on Tuesday, the NLC threatened to embark on a total and indefinite strike starting Wednesday, August 2, 2023, should the Federal Government fail to do the needful.
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has given reason on the need to embark on the proposed national Strikeston 2nd August as it would serve as a way to tell the government to look into to so many of their new policies that has been making life difficult for Nigerians who are finding it hard to survive due to the high cost of petrol.
Recall that NLC gave the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government seven days to reverse “all anti-poor” policies, including the hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol.
Meanwhile, while featuring on Channels TV programme on Wednesday, NLC president, Joe Ajaero, explained that the union was still analysing the situation adding, “The situation would be worsened.”
According to him, “It is rather a move to rescue Nigerians, to see whether the government can show some level of empathy for us to do things differently to enable Nigerians to survive.”
Almost two months, President Bola Tinubu, in his May 29 inaugural address, declared that “fuel subsidy is gone”.
The policy led to a near-instant hike in fuel prices from around N185 to N500, and up to N617 last week. With rising transportation costs and food prices, thousands have resorted to trekking long distances.
The NLC president argues that the imminent industrial action is to reduce the impact the government’s policies have had on the people at large.
“It can’t get worse than it is today. The impact we are talking of is either the impact on commodities or the impact on the people.
“What we are resisting, what we are fighting against, is the impact on the people and the impact is so much. It is worse,” he said.
he complained that policies that was supposed to make life easy for Nigerians, has taken a toll on them as its biting them hard.
“I don’t know what other consideration one can look at, every government policy in a nation is aimed at benefiting the nation,” the labour leader lamented.
“The naira is gone, economic activity is gone, foodstuff gone. (In terms of) movement, you can’t move, and transportation is gone.”
According to a communiqué at the end of its Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on Tuesday, the NLC threatened to embark on a total and indefinite strike starting Wednesday, August 2, 2023, should the Federal Government fail to do the needful.
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