The NLC has reportedly planned to embark on strike on 2 August to protest the hike in fuel prices occasioned by the subsidy removal and the anti-poor policies of the federal government.
Tolu Verhejin, the special adviser to President Bola Tinubu, stated this in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting with the leaders of the NLC and the Trade Union Congress on Wednesday.
“It was quite productive today.It involves labour and some parts of government; it’s a steering committee. It’s a wide group of people, a wide group of stakeholders representing the interests of Nigerians.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is working assiduously to address all of these issues. And as quickly as he can, he’s very empathetic, he is concerned about it, as you’ve seen all of us working round the clock here to make sure that we are able to announce these measures as quickly as possible. It’s a whole package of issues that we’re rolling out as quickly as possible,” Ms Verheijin stated.
“I wouldn’t know; we are going ahead with the protest because we have to be emphatic on what we put in our communique, to say we’re commencing protests from the 2nd .
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