The Nigeria Labour Congress has commenced insisted that nothing can stop workers from embarking on a strike action across the nation on Wednesday.
The strike is to protest the hardship occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal, among other policies of the present administration.
Information being circulated by the NLC urged Nigerians to “join us at the Unity Fountain, Abuja on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, at 7 am.”, the Punch reported.
“There is nowhere in the world where government leaves its citizens totally to the vagaries of the market without some measure of control and protection. The Federal Government should immediately deal decisively with the criminal content of subsidy instead of exposing ordinary citizens to avoidable pain and hardship.
“As a matter of national importance, it is imperative to fix all our refineries to be able to cater to domestic fuel consumption,” the NLC said.
The NLC also criticized President Bola Tinubu’s government’s handling of the foreign exchange crisis.
“We are concerned that no government acting reasonably leaves its national currency to forces of the market.”
Insisting on its demands, the union reiterated the need for the government to immediately reverse all “anti-poor policies”, and release the withheld salaries of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, among others.
The union is scheduled to meet with the Federal Government today (Monday).
