The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government until today to answer how the elimination of gasoline subsidies will affect Nigerians.
To decide when to start an ongoing, nationwide strike, the union’s leadership is set to convene the next week.
However, there are rumours that Kashim Shettima, the vice president, met with certain government workers to discuss how to stop the walkout.
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In order to offer a package, including pay awards, to the NLC leadership, the Vice President is working with the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong.
Recall that on September 1, 2023, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the NLC gave the government a 21-day deadline to address the widespread suffering and poverty that was being faced across the nation.
If the government didn’t agree to the labour union’s demands, it threatened to go on an indefinite strike.
According to sources who talked with Vanguard, the crucial NLC organs will meet the next week to decide on the terms of an indefinite strike should the federal government fail to take action.
The source said, “The issue is conventional, when an ultimatum expires, you call your organs and the organs will decide when to commence the strike. If we ever decide to say we would take one day or few days or one week to prepare for it, that would be their position.”
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One of the NLC meeting insiders was asked if the strike would start right away, and her response was simply, “Nothing is impossible.”
Another source said, “The last NEC held on September 1, 2023, has actually given the leadership of NLC, especially members of the National Administrative Council, NAC, the go-ahead to meet, fix a date for the commencement of the indefinite strike and communicate to the state councils and industrial union affiliates.
“I can tell you that the leadership will meet next week and fix a date for the strike. However, if NAC members are convinced that the government has addressed our demands to an appreciable level, in such a case, the leadership will still call the organs to brief them of the development.”
However, the insider claimed that the government team is actively attempting to prevent yet another wave of NLC industrial disturbance based on the information that is now available.
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He added that the vice president, who is filling in for the president while the president is at the UNGA summit in New York, and the minister of finance were also evaluating some numbers.
The source said, “So they know the seriousness of the planned action and some of them are speaking out boldly that they are not afraid because of the package they have for workers.
“Available information is that the government will soon announce what it has. They are really making efforts and again the President is not in the country.
“What we don’t know is whether what they have will be enough for NLC to consider or not. In the past two to three days, the vice president has been meeting with some of the government team to come up with something.”
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According to the source, the NLC leadership had stated that it would not attend any meetings if there were no concrete benefits for the workers.
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