Labour To Proceed On Strike Tomorrow Over Fuel Price Hike

THE Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC and the Trade

Union Congress,TUC have resolved to proceed

mobilise workers to begin indefinite

strike,tomorrow over fuel hike. The workers’ action,according to Vanguard source,

is to take effect from 12 midnight today. This was the resolution of the union at its National

Executive Council,NEC meeting, held today,at the

NLC headquarters in Abuja.

Although,newsmen, who waited anxiously to be

briefed of the development at the meeting,were left

unattended to,a source told Vanguard that the

workers’ unions resolved to proceed on an

indefinite strike,beginning from 12 midnight. The source said the unions took the decision to

mobilise workers on strike,after exhaustive

deliberations on last week’s fuel hike by the federal

government and the attendant consequences on

the Nigerian workers and the general public. “Our decision not to suspend the strike was further

fuelled by today’s injunction by the Industrial

Court,restraining us from proceeding on the strike

expected to begin tomorrow,”the source who said. He disclosed that the two bodies were still studying

development and may not honour the meeting

expected with the government at the office of the

Secretary to the Government of the Federation this

evening. Vanguard gathered that the factional NLC,led by the

General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity

Employees,Joe Ajaero, may not join the strike. He had hinted yesterday that his leadership was not

favourably disposed to embarking on the strike. As at the time of filing this report, the leadership of

the NLC and the TUC were yet to turn up for

continuation of the meeting which was adjourned

earlier.

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