The organized labour is warming up for strike of all striked as it announced a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to commence an indefinite strike if their demands remained unmet.
The workers’ union has articulated the necessity of the proposed strike in light of the Federal Government’s perceived shortcomings in addressing the hardships faced by Nigerians due to the removal of fuel subsidies.
According to the union, their call for strike action stems from the government’s failure to offer palliative measures that could alleviate the burdens imposed by the subsidy removal.
In their view, these palliatives are crucial to cushioning the impact of the policy change on the ordinary citizens of Nigeria.
In an announcement, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has conveyed its plans for an impending industrial action, which could kick off as early as next week.
This prospective strike is anticipated to result in a protracted cessation of both commercial and economic activities across the entirety of the country.
The NLC has underscored the widespread impact such a move could have, affecting multiple sectors and bringing about a sustained disruption of daily operations.
a behind-the-scenes meeting between the President and the leaders of the NLC and the TUC, which coincided with a nationwide protest orchestrated by organized labour.
Looming Indefinite Nationwide Protest
Providing an update on the impending walkout in response to the government’s response, Onyeka reiterated that the Federal Government had disengaged from the negotiation table.
He emphasized that the government had also fallen short of fulfilling the workers’ requests.
The union leader indicated that there will be no prior notification to the government before they take any action, they deem appropriate.
He said,
“We sent the letter to the Federal Government on September 1, 2023, so by September 22, 2023, the 21-day ultimatum will end.“We have made it clear that the Federal Government has abandoned and absconded from the table for negotiation; that government is no longer negotiating with Nigerians and there is no good faith negotiation that is going on.’’
President Bola Tinubu promised Nigerians on his own on television with the President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, that he was going to restructure the committees, but he did not do that, and since then the committees have not met and there has been no negotiation that is on-going. As it is, NLC is not negotiating with the government,” Onyeka said.
Speaking further, the Assistant General Secretary remarked that the limited palliatives being offered were seen as an affront to Nigerians.
“Can you see the insult that a ward would share a bag of rice and the government calls that a palliative? It is an insult to Nigerians, whereas the government gave legislators N70bn and each of the legislators gets over N100m in a country where Nigerians are suffering.“The FG is buying cars and houses of over N100m for each person and Nigerians are keeping quiet as if what is going on is a normal thing. NLC calls Nigerians to join hands together because they cannot do it alone.‘’When NLC calls for action, people should come out, they should because it is a collective effort to make the government yield to the desires and the interest of Nigerians,” the man lamented
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