BREAKING: NLC Declares August 2 Nationwide Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse all perceived anti-poor policies or face an indefinite nationwide strike from August 2.

These policies include the recent hike in the pump price of petrol.

This is as NLC directed all its affiliates and state councils to immediately begin mobilisation of workers and other Nigerians, including civil society allies, for a long-lasting strike and mass protests should the government fail to meet its demands.

Since coming on board on May 29, the new administration of President Bola Tinubu had declared end of subsidy payment on petrol in the country, a development that has since triggered pump price of the product to sell as high as N700 in some parts of the country from N195-N200 before Tinubu’s declaration.

Details later…