Fuel Subsidy Removal: NLC To Commence Strike On Wednesday

The Nigeria Labour Congess (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike from next Wednesday.

The strike is coming as a reaction to fuel shortages across the country occasioned by President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech in which he declared that “fuel subsidy is gone”.

Joe Ajaero, president of the NLC made the announcement after an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) in Abuja.

He said the government, particularly the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited had up until Wednesday next week to revert to the old price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise referred to as petrol.

Ajaero added that failure of the Federal Government to meet the ultimatum would attract an indefinite protest across the country.

On Wednesday, an hours-long meeting between the Federal Government and the NLC on the matter ended without a consensus.

The NLC demanded that the Federal Government return to status quo by reversing the price of fuel before resuming negotiations with labour.

Ajaero insisted that the Federal Government did not enter into any conversation even on palliative measures for Nigerians, hence the rejection of the latest announcement.