Some residents of Lagos have reacted differently to the planned strike by labour over the increase in the prices of petrol and electricity. Those in support of the planned strike from Monday next week told Lasgidi FM’s CHUKWUEMEKA OBIOMA that it was a step in the right direction. However; another group of concerned Lagos residents expressed fear…
• NPM threatens NLC, TUC over planned strike Nigerians may be in for a week of fuel scarcity, following a ban on petrol tankers above forty-five thousand litres from plying the roads. The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, has responded to the ban by asking its members to suspend the lifting of petroleum products from…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has given the Federal Government two weeks to return the old prices of petrol and electricity. The NLC said if the government fails to do so, it should be ready to face industrial unrest across the country, beginning from September 28, 2020. The Congress made the demand at the end of the meeting…
The organized labour in Nigeria is spoiling for a showdown with the Federal Government over the increase in electricity tariff and pump price of petrol. National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, AYUBA WABBA, had in his initial reaction, warned that the union can no longer guarantee industrial harmony in the system. On its part; the leadership…
The Federal Government’s approval of increases in the price of petrol and electricity tariffs is not going down well with a cross-section of Nigerians. The Petroleum Products Marketing Company yesterday approved a new ex-depot price of one hundred and fifty-one naira. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has said the pump price could come up to…