Electricity Tariff: Labour to Declare National Warning Strike

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Electricity Tariff: Labour to Declare National Warning Strike

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to resist the new electricity tariff using every means at its disposal. Ayuba Wabba, NLC President said, during the Central Working Committee meeting of the congress in Abuja, that the congress will declare a one-day national warning strike over the refusal of the Federal Government to reduce the electricity tariff. It would be recalled that on January 29, the NLC led the picketing of electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) nationwide, the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, and the National Assembly. Wabba insisted that the tariff increase was illegal, unfair, unjustifiable and an exploitation of the already exploited Nigerians. ”˜The privatisation of the power sector was done in bad faith and it has become obvious that the investors did not have the capacity to improve power generation and supply in the country. ”˜The CWC will agree on a day to embark on the strike, because several actions promised by the Federal Government to checkmate the tariff increment have not been implemented.’ He also noted that the current fuel scarcity in the country had brought untold hardship to workers and Nigerians as a whole. ”˜We must, however, make the point that spells of scarcity will not be acceptable to Labour and other Nigerians because the human and economic costs are unimaginable. ”˜We have been patient with this government but this persistent scarcity and suffering of our people will no longer be tolerated.’

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