The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to rescind the hikes in electricity tariff and the fuel pump price, or prepare for a nationwide labor unrest.
NLC gave the warning at its Central Working Committee meeting in Abuja on Wednesday.
In a communiqué read by Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, the union said the ultimatum would take immediate effect, and warned that it would mobilise its members across the country for protests starting from September 28.
Wabba told journalists that NLC national executive committee members and the state chapters and its affiliates would meet on September 22 to agree on the industrial action, should the government fail to revert to the old prices by then.
According to him. Wednesday’s decision on the ultimatum “was taken by the Central Working Committee of the NLC. But by the expiration of the ultimatum, if the government fails to reverse the increase in electricity tariffs and fuel pump price, we would hold a meeting on September 28 and take a decision on a strike action,” he disclosed.
The two weeks ago announced a new price for petrol and new tariff for electricity. It raised the ex-depot price of petrol from N138.62 to N147.67, following which marketers raised their pump prices to between N158 and N162 from N148 to N150 in August.
On its part, the Trade Unions Congress, which groups senior employees in the country , gave the government a seven-day ultimatum, via a letter dated September 4, 2020 and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari.
