Labour unions insist on nation wide protest against removal of petrol subsidy

The Organised Labour says its nationwide strike to protest the removal of petroleum subsidy will proceed as planned. The strike is scheduled to begin on Wednesday. The unions, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), spoke after a meeting with government representatives at the presidential villa on Monday. The unions expressed doubt…

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Tinubu’s broadcast, deceptive, targeted at dissuading planned strike by organised labour

Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar has said that President Bola Tinubu’s national broadcast  was uninspiring, deceptive, and  aimed at persuading organised labour against its planned nation wide strike. Tinubu had on Monday in a television broadcast and rolled out measures to address the…

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