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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