…Says President made commitments
The leadership of the Organised Labour says it has succeeded in securing “deeper commitments” from the Federal Government, in its efforts to attract palliatives to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal.
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Joe Ajaero, disclosed this yesterday while fielding questions from State House correspondents after meeting for the first time with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, since the ongoing engagements.
The labour leaders at the meeting were the NLC President, Ajaero, his TUC counterpart, Festus Osifo as well as the General Secretaries and other top members of the two workers’ organisations. This is coming on the heels of the ongoing nationwide protests that rocked the entire country yesterday.
Ajaero said the NLC leadership is going back to hold further consultations with the members of its National Executive Council, at their meeting, which is expected to be held today, Thursday.
It was gathered that the President had summoned the NLC leadership as part of efforts to woo the labour to end the ongoing protests.
The labour leaders said they would report to their executive committees where a decision would be taken on the ongoing protest, adding that Labour would conduct its National Executive Committee, (NEC) meeting today, Thursday, and that all the issues would be considered.
Asked if they were now ready to end the protest, Ajaero said “No one person can call it off. That’s why I say we’ll have to go back to the office. So that they will look at it also before they come up with their final resolutions. And by tomorrow (today), at the National Executive Council meeting, we will look at the bigger picture”.
