The Nigerian Labour Congress has declared that workers will go on a nationwide strike on Wednesday.
The action of the Congress, which it earlier said would not hold, was made public on Friday in Abuja.
The Congress it has become inevitable that workers must show their displeasure and the hardship that the new price regime of petrol has brought on the country.
NPO Reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited had on Wednesday announced a new price list for petrol with Lagos buyers to buy at N488 per litre while Abuja buyers are to buy at N537 per litre.
The development has sparked national agitations with cost of goods and services already in the rise.
President Bola Tinubu had in his inaugural speech on Monday declared that “fuel subsidy is gone”.
Rising from its National Executive Council meeting on Friday, the NLC said the Federal Government had until Wednesday next week to revert to the old price of N185 or face an industrial action.
It’s President Joe Ajaero said if the ultimatum was not met, the industrial action would be followed by protests across the country.
There are apprehensions across the country that the action may ground economic activities.