The Nigeria Labour Congess (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike from next Wednesday, over the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu.
This comes amid fuel shortages across the country occasioned by the President’s inaugural speech on May 29, in which he declared that “fuel subsidy is gone”.
The NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, made the declaration after an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) in Abuja on Friday.
He said the government, particularly the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has up until Wednesday next week (June 7) to revert to the old price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise referred to as petrol.
Ajaero warned that if the Federal government fails to comply with the deadline, there would be nationwide demonstrations that would last forever.
“The fuel subsidy is gone,” Tinubu had declared during his inaugural speech.
The president’s announcement caused a nearly immediate resurrection of fuel queues across the country, as Nigerians scavenged for the expensive product.
Following the announcement, petrol now sells between N500 and N650 per litre in parts of the country.
Not surprisingly, public transport fares have accordingly gone up all over the country.
