The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on Nigerians to ignore the Nigeria Labour Congress’ (NLC) call for a protest against the fuel price hike.

The CNPP also said the labour union has been compromised, adding that the planned protest is a plan to destabilise the good intention of the Buhari-led administration.

The CNPP in a statement jointly signed by its National Chairman, Alhaji Balarabe Musa and the Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, said “What the labour unions are doing now by calling for a strike action was what they did in 2012 during the Occupy Nigeria protests in response to similar increase in the pump price of petrol under former President Goodluck Jonathan.

“The labour unions later scuttled the action by purportedly entering into an agreement with the then government on behalf of Nigerians and ended up fixing the pump price of petrol at N97.00 per litre.”

The statement also said “Nigerians must be aware that the planned strike action scheduled for Wednesday won’t last beyond Friday as the labour leaders have been compromised and are using the call as a ploy to deceive the masses.

“We have it on good authority that the labour leaders have compromised. Recall that the labour leaders were at a meeting where the decision to inflict more and more pains on the already impoverished Nigerian people by increasing the pump price was taken and never protested against it. Why the sudden U-turn by the same labour leaders?

“The federal government and its labour collaborators must be told that the CNPP, the masses and the civil society shall occupy Nigeria until the reversal of the pump price of patrol. Enough of more and more suffering under the guise of fuel subsidy removal.”

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/05/cnpp-tells-nigerians-not-to-join-nlc.html

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double talk

too many cracks within the labour unions,thingss are falling apart because the centre cannot hold...

They should strike for increase in minimum wage, as for the fuel issue, there's nothing they can do anymore. They've delayed for too long

Why don't they just protest to increase min wage already. Balance the whole thing out.
It's quite simple. If the government is removing subsidy because huge amount of money is going to few nigerians, then increasing min wage means those amount of money will circulate to a large portion of nigerians. Think fast FG, think fast.

NLC, na only you waka come?

Mtchewww to CNPP..while won't the worker fight for their right?