NLC to embark on a day warning strike
Taiwo Owoeye
The Nigeria Labour Congress says it will declare a day national warning strike over the refusal of the Federal Government to reduce the electricity tariff.
NLC president Ayuba Waba said this,while addressing newsmen during the central working committee meeting of the congress in Abuja.
On January 29, the NLC led the picketing of Electricity Distribution Companies ( DISCOS ) Nationwide,the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, and the National Assembly.
Stressing that the action,is aimed at getting the Federal government to reverse the 45per cent tariff hike did not yield the desired result.
Wabba insisted that the increase in tariff was “illegal,unfair,unjustifiable and an exploitation of the already exploited Nigerians.
“The privatisation of the power sector was done in bad faith and it has become obvious that the investors did not have the capacity to improve power generation and supply in the Country.
He also noted that the current fuel scarcity in the Country had brought untold hardship to workers and Nigerians as a whole.
He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps to implement the budget and come up with enduring solution adding that Nigerians are groaning under harsh economy condition.
