By Kamil Opeyemi
The Nigeria Labour Congress has given the Federal Government a seven day ultimatum to remove all policies that have caused hardship on Nigerians.
The declaration was said to be the resolution of the congress after its meeting held in Abuja which ran late into the night on Tuesday. The NLC said at the expiration of the ultimatum on August 2, all Nigerians workers would be asked to down tools to press home the demands for better living. The congress’ decision was sequel to the increase in the prices of petroleum products, a fallout of the removal of the fuel subsidy by the government. President Bola Tinubu had on May 29 announced the removal of subsidy causing an instant hike in prices of petrol. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited had last week again hiked the price saying it was due to market forces. The second hike in less than two months had caused serious impacts on the economy with costs of transportation jumping by as much as 300%. The government claimed to be working on palliatives to reduce the pains of the removal.
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