NLC Threatens Nationwide Strike If Increase In Petrol And Electricity Tariff Is Not Reversed In Two Weeks

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

The Labour Congress, after its Central Working Committee meeting which held for several hours in Abuja on Wednesday September 16, issued the Ultimatum.

According to 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-weeks ultimatum to the Federal government to reverse its decision or face industrial action and peaceful assembly.”