Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, shunned a scheduled meeting with government officials over the removal of subsidy and subsequent over 200 per cent hike in the pump price of petrol until fuel price is returned to status quo.

Following President Bola Tinubu’s removal of the subsidy during his inauguration speech on May 29, scarcity of the product hit the citizenry nationwide as marketers hoarded and hiked the price of fuel.

A meeting between government officials and labour leaders last Wednesday, ended in a deadlock, as a result of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL’s release of a petrol pump price template pegging pump price of petrol at between N488 and N557 per litre.

The meeting was scheduled to continue yesterday but one of the leaders of the NLC told Vanguard that “officials of government have been calling us and we have bluntly told them that we will no longer hold any meeting with them until the pump price of petrol is returned to pre-May 29 price.



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/06/subsidy-nlc-shuns-meeting-with-fg-tuc-seeks-pay-rise/

Way to go

Tinubu must obey, he has no choice .

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The NLC chairman is Igbo and he supported Peter girigory Obi,

Even if the petrol price is revert to the old price, the price of the already increased commodites and transportation won't go back to old prices. I suggest no going back on subsidies removal as it's benefits is obviously more than it's pains

They already know that nothing good will come out from the meeting.

pandoragirigory:
The NLC chairman is Igbo and he supported Peter girigory Obi,

called him whatever you like, we the mases are the one feeling the heat since last week tuesday, let him reverse it first then come to negotiation table to tell the mases what he has provided down for the mases to caution the effect of the subsidy remover on the mases before removing it.

NLC should continue we the mases are with NLC and TUC. Very soon now some company will start laying off some of their workers if they cant cope with the price of diesel, petrol and other material they are using to produce.

Jostoman:
called him whatever you like, we the mases are the one feeling the heat since last week tuesday, let him reverse it first then come to negotiation table to tell the mases what he has provided down for the mases to caution the effect of the subsidy remover on the mases before removing it.

The Ajaero will bite his fingers soon for allowing himself to used

pandoragirigory:
The Ajaero will bite his fingers soon for allowing himself to used

you are part of those that praise Oshiomole as a very active man during his time as NLC president because he is always on the side of the mases but the story have change because the man is on the side of the mases and nigeria workers against your oga.

Jostoman:
you are part of those that praise Oshiomole as a very active man during his time as NLC president because he is always on the side of the mases but the story have change because your oga is there now.

Ajaero is been used, how will he refused to go for negotiation? he had shot himself in the head

pandoragirigory:
Ajaero is been used, how will he refused to go for negotiation? he had shot himself in the head

tell your oga to reverse it first before any negotiation can take place and that is how things are done. We are not in a banana republic.