After 24 hours of widespread demonstrations against the elimination of the fuel subsidy, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has stated that its scheduled strike has been suspended.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, Hakeem Ambali, the NLC’s national treasurer, announced this in a brief statement on Thursday.
Ambali claims that the planned strike was put on hold on Wednesday as a result of the Senate and President Bola Tinubu’s intervention.
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He added that the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Congress came before the decision to postpone the industrial action in the statement he provided to The Punch.
He wrote: “ Protest suspended due to the Senate intervention and meeting with President Tinubu yesternight.”
Ambali further stated that the NLC gave themselves an 8-week mandate that the entire matter would be resolved between June 19 to August 19.
After beginning statewide demonstrations against the elimination of fuel subsidies, the Organized Labour cancelled its planned strike action 24 hours later, as noted by Anaedoonline.ng.
Festus Osifo, the president of the Trade Union of Nigeria (TUC), announced this on Thursday during an appearance on Arise News.
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Recall that on Wednesday, Organized Labour held demonstrations across the country to emphasize their demand for the elimination of gasoline subsidies.
The NLC had first stated that it would only call off its strike if the government demonstrated its commitment.
Anger-filled protestors tried to break through the National Assembly’s gates during the demonstration in Abuja on Wednesday in order to meet with the MPs.
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