The Will
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a nationwide industrial action if the government goes ahead to implement an increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit.
The Congress restated this position in a petition to the Governors of the 36 states ahead of the planned nationwide protest scheduled for Thursday.
The petition, jointly signed by the NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and the General Secretary, Emanuel Ugboaja, asked the Federal Government to announce the withdrawal of its plans to increase the pump price of petrol.
It said, “The federal government should re-engage Organised Labour in Nigeria in discussions in order to find mutually acceptable solutions to the current quagmire in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sub-sector.
“The federal government should demonstrate seriousness and commitment to overhauling our local refineries as a lasting panacea to mass importation of refined petroleum products, Importation Pricing Model, and a host of lost opportunities, official corruption and self-inflicted dislocations occasioned by mass importation of refined petroleum products into Nigeria; and
“Governments at all levels in Nigeria should take immediate steps to improve governance and public accountability in order to regain the confidence of Nigerians that the cardinal constitutional mandate of guaranteeing the welfare and security of Nigerians has not been traded off.
