The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has commenced mass mobilisation of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs ahead of its planned January 27 and February 1st demonstrations nationwide against Federal Government’s proposed petrol subsidy removal.
It was learnt that meetings between the congress and leaders of the organisations are expected to hold tomorrow in Abuja and Friday in Lagos.
According to a letter by NLC President Ayuba Wabba and General Secretary Emmanuel Ugboaja, the meetings are expected to be attended by members of the Central Working Committee, CWC of the congress and the partner unions’ leadership.
The labour planned protest is to register the rejection by Nigerian workers and people of the increase in petrol pump petrol to 340 and 360 naira per litre.
Also, President of the Trade Union Congress, TUC Quadri Olaleye, said the National Administrative Council, CWC, and National Executive Council of the NLC would subsequently meet for three days from January 20 to fine-tune the plans for the protests.
