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NLC President: No Going Back On Tomorrow’s Protest
The organiser labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, has ruled out suspension of nationwide mass action against fuel price hike and other policies of the federal government.
Joe Ajaero, President of NLC, disclosed this to journalists Tuesday night at Labour House, Abuja.
Earlier, Festus Osifo, TUC President, had said labour leaders were going into a meeting to decide the final outcome on the protest.
Osifo said this after a meeting with Federal Government representatives led by Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu.
Gbajabiamila had said there were indications that labour would not go ahead with the protest.
Subsidy talks: Labour shuns FG, begins protests as oil workers down tools
The two-day meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour ended in a deadlock on Tuesday, with the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress leaders vowing to begin a nationwide protest against the removal of fuel subsidy.
This came as oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association began an indefinite strike on Tuesday, citing inhumane treatment by the management of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, an agency of the Federal Government.
The strike and planned protest by the organised labour slated for Wednesday (today) over the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government may shut down the country and paralyse the economy.
Subsidy removal: Reps beg NLC to shelve planned nationwide protest
The leadership of the House of Representatives on Tuesday night called on Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve the planned nationwide protest over the removal of fuel subsidy.
The House in a statement issued by Chairman, House Committee on Media & Public Affairs, Hon. Akin, however, acknowledged that the NLC’s threat to shutdown critical infrastructure will affect the nation’s economy and further disrupt the lives of Nigerians, and therefore not in our best interest.
He said: “The House of Representatives notes that the Nigeria Labour Congress has insisted on proceeding on the planned peaceful protest scheduled for Wednesday, August 2, 2023, despite appeals by the Federal Government and interest groups to shelve the industrial action.
NLC insists on protest as talks fail
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has insisted that today’s protest against fuel subsidy removal would hold, as talks with the Federal Government on short-term palliatives collapsed yesterday.
This came as the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, warned that police would not tolerate any violent protest called by the NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC.
The Federal Government had, at yesterday’s meeting of Presidential Steering Committee on Palliatives, pleaded with labour to shelve the planned protest, saying it was doing everything possible to address its concerns.
The IGP’s warning came on a day the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, directed its affiliates and the 36 state councils to fully participate in the protest.
IG warns against violence as Labour stages protest
Labour yesterday insisted on going ahead with today’s planned protest against petrol subsidy removal.
But acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun warned against violence.
He ordered police commissioners to beef up security.
Labour said the protests would start because the relief package unveiled on Monday by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was not enough to alleviate suffering.
Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi quoted Egbetokun as saying: “The Nigeria Police Force reiterates its commitment to ensuring the safety and security of all citizens during the period of the planned protests as all necessary measures to facilitate the peaceful conduct of these demonstrations have been emplaced.
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