Fuel subsidy removal by Nigeria’s Government…..
Nigeria Labour Congress says no dialogue with the federal Government ….. By Shout-Africa Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC is insisting that it will not hold any dialogue with the Federal Government of Nigeria until the price of petrol reverts to sixty- five naira per litre.
A statement by the Acting General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr. Owei Lakemfa says that the congress is more concerned about mobilising its members for the proposed industrial action scheduled for January ninth.
It therefore describes as untrue reports making the rounds that the body is negotiating with the Federal Government of Nigerian.
The Congress urged Nigerians to ignore such reports, remain focused and committed to the mass action planned for Monday.
The statement also denounces reports from some quarters that the protest was funded by oil marketers.
Meanwhile various industrial groups have declared their preparedness to join the planned mass protests by various labour groups in Nigeria.
They include the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade union Congress, the Nigerian Bar Association, the three Unions in the aviation sector, the road transport union, youths and the civil society group.
NLC had declared to go on mass protest following the Federal Government’s announcement on the first of January that it has withdrawn fuel subsidy.
The price of fuel has gone up by over a hundred percent and this exposed the average Nigerian to untold hardship…
