Hike In Fuel: NLC Demands Reversal Of Petrol Price, Others, Fixes Date For Nationwide Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday, called on President Bola Tinubu administration to reverse “all anti-poor” people policies including the hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday, called on President Bola Tinubu administration to reverse “all anti-poor” people policies including the hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol.
The union in its Communique made the demand and issued to the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum within which to meet all their demands or face a nation-wide action beginning Wednesday the 2nd of August, 2023.
The Union saod the action was to compel the government to reverse its anti-poor and anti- workers policies.
The NLC threatened to lead and organise mass protest rallies across the nation to demonstrate outrage against the “inhuman actions and policies” of the government.
The order was issued after the end of its Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting, on Tuesday, and contained in a communique released at the end of the meeting.
The communique was co-signed by NLC President, Joe Ajaero; and the union’s General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja.
The labour union threatened to embark on a total and indefinite strike from Wednesday, August 2, 2023, should the Federal Government fail to do the needful.
According to the NLC, the Federal Government had shown enormous disdain and contempt for the Nigerian people and have declared a war of attrition on Nigerian workers and masses.
The labour union said since the President’s “subsidy is gone forever” speech on inauguration day on May 29, 2023, “the peace of mind of Nigerians has gone”.
It said the “government has continued to treat Nigerians as slaves and a conquered people which it treats with impunity without any concern on the consequences
“That the Federal Government has continued in an unholy mission of robbing the poor to pay the rich in Nigeria as typified by its continued frustration of the activation of the agreed alternatives to Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and new hike in prices of PMS to N617 per litre,” the communique partly read.
“That the NNPCL (Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited), has turned itself into the forces of demand and supply and fixes the price of Petroleum products while mouthing deregulation.
“That Government’s conduct suggests it does not intend to commit itself to the MoU it signed with NLC and TUC (Trade Union Congress)." The Communique reads.
However, the NLC demanded “the immediate reversal of all anti-poor policies of the federal government including the recent hike in PMS price, increase in public school fees, the release of the eight months withheld Salary of university lecturers and workers, and the immediate inauguration of the Presidential Steering Committee."
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