Comrade Ayuba Wabba-led Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its ongoing nationwide strike aimed at forcing the Federal Government to reverse the N145 per litre pump price of petrol back to N86.50. The faction said it was ready to resume negotiation with the government.
“Let me also inform you that part of the decision is because of the intervention particularly of the leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu and the fact also that we are going back on the negotiation table. We also thought that this was an opportunity to bring the things on the table. But we have remained consistent on our position,” Wabba told journalists yesterday.
“NEC after due consultation with its constituents resolved to suspend with immediate effect, the action it commenced on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. The action is hereby suspended. Congress will resume negotiations with government on the twin issues of the hike in electricity tariff and an increase in the pump price of petroleum products and any other issue that may arise thereof. It similarly remains committed to genuine dialogue within the framework of internationally established and recognized principles of representation,” a communique jointly signed by Wabba and General Secretary, Dr. Peter Ezo-Eson after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council, said.
“The Congress will continue to resist wrong legislations, policies and programmes and will always act in the best interest of Nigerians as it remains the only pan Nigerian organisation not affected by religion, creed, partisanship or primordial sentiments. The Congress urges the government to play by the rules in its engagement with its constituent parts, stakeholders and non-state actors as proof of its commitment to deepening our democracy and also in acknowledgment of the well-worn credo that what goes around, comes around. The Congress also urges the citizenry to be vigilant at all times as the price of freedom is eternal vigilance,” the communique read.
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