NLC President Says Government’s Insensitivity Forcing Labour Into Total Strike on October 3

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero has said four months after the removal of the subsidy, Nigerian workers are down and weak. He said subsidy was removed without consultation, well-thought-out palliatives, or wage adjustments.

Ajaero in an interview with ARISE Television today said nothing has been achieved even after the numerous meetings with the government. He explained that “that is the height of insensitivity and it is worse because the Government is using silence and laziness as a strategy.”

The Labour Congress president said a committee was set up at the first meeting between the NLC and the federal government, and those committees have not deliberated on the issues presented by the NLC.

On allegations of being paid off, the NLC President said he is very concerned that people say he collects money in the background from the FG.

He noted that at no point can any government, president, or minister say they dangled money in his face because they dare not do it