By Charles Adingupu
The dust generated by the removal of fuel subsidy as announced in President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech is far from settled as the Nigeria Labour Congess (NLC) plans to embark on a nationwide strike from next Wednesday.
NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made the announcement after an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) in Abuja.
He said the government, particularly the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited had until Wednesday next week to revert to the old price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol.
Ajaero warned that failure of the Federal Government to meet the ultimatum would lead to indefinite protest across the country.
It would be recalled that attempts by the federal government to forestall such an eventuality proved abortive when it failed to reach amicable settlement with union leaders at the meeting held during the week.
The federal government had prior to this time, promised to provide palliatives for those it described as “the poorest of the poor” to cushion the effects of the steep petrol pump price across Nigeria.
