Posted on: 03:16 Mon, 16 May 2016



The Federal Government has
invited the leadership of the
organised labour to a meeting in
the Office of the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation for
today (Monday) to discuss the
increase of fuel pump price from
N86 and N86.50k to N145.

Labour and the civil society had,
after a meeting in Abuja on
Saturday, given the Federal
Government till midnight on
Tuesday to reverse the increase or
face an indefinite national strike.

The group gave the strike notice in
a joint communiqué issued by the
Nigeria Labour Congress and the
Trade Union Congress after the
meeting.

But the Presidency say there is no
need for such since Labour know
the truth in the fuel issue.

The General Secretary of the
Nigeria Labour Congress, Dr. Peter
Ozo-Eson said, “I have received a
text message inviting us to a
meeting tomorrow (Monday) at the
office of the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, and
we will attend.

‘‘We will attend those meetings but
the notice given is not conditional
to our action. It is conditional on
the reversal of the hike in the price
of petroleum and the hike in
electricity tariff.

“But we are saying that is not what
is crucial; what is crucial is that we
will mobilise unless there is
reversal. If there is no reversal, we
will meet on the streets.”

Reacting, a source in the Ministry
of Labour and Employment, said
“The Federal Government does not
want strike, we will discuss.

Government is making every effort
to ensure that there is no strike.”