Reverse increase in petrol and electricity tariff or we go on strike- NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has issued a two-week ultimatum to the federal government to reverse the recent hike in electricity tariff and the pump price of petrol or face a nationwide strike.

The Labour Congress issued the ultimatum after its Central Working Committee meeting which held for several hours in Abuja today September 16

In a communiqué read by NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, the body said the ultimatum takes immediate effect, warning that at the end of its expiration on September 28, it would mobilize its members nationwide for civil unrest.

Wabba said “The Central Working Committee has resolved to issue a two-week ultimatum to the Federal government to reverse its decision or face industrial action and peaceful assembly”

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