Barely one week after leading a two-day nationwide warning strike, the organised labour on Tuesday threatened to begin an indefinite strike should the Federal Government fail to meet its demands at the end of a 21-day ultimatum which will expire in approximately one week’s time.
Recall that the union had on September 1 handed down a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government over the delay in sharing of palliatives, saying it might be compelled to declare an indefinite labour action if its demands were not met.
According to the labour union, the proposed strike was necessary following the failure of the Federal Government to provide palliatives to assuage the Nigerians hardships as a result of the fuel subsidy removal.
The Nigeria Labour Congress said the industrial action which may commence any day from next week would lead to an indefinite shutdown of commercial and economic activities across the country.
Speaking with The PUNCH on Tuesday, the National Assistant General Secretary of the NLC, Mr Christopher Onyeka, said the Federal Government was wrong to share a bag of rice to a dozen citizens while reportedly giving one hundred million palliative to each member of the National Assembly.
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