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Former Senate leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has called on the national leadership of the NLC to call off the planned strike scheduled for next Wednesday.
Ndume in a statement urged Labour leaders to return to the negotiation table and sort out areas of disagreements with the Federal Government before opting for industrial action.
The Director-General of Akpabio for Senate President Campaign Organisation, also called on President Bola Tinubu, to personally meet with labour leaders and assure them of the benefits of removing the subsidy.
“This fuel subsidy removal is something we must do now or never. We need to open the wounds now and begin to heal them. The Nigeria Labour Congress needs to work with the government and see how the effects can be minimised. If we don’t remove the subsidy now, some people will continue to milk this country. NLC should go to the negotiation table with the Federal Government,” he said.
Urging the leadership of NLC to jettison the planned industrial action, Ndume said: “The NLC should not go on a strike first before negotiation. They should not make that mistake, besides there is no budget for subsidy, where will the money come from? I call on President Tinubu to personally meet with labour leaders and resolve the issues. He should also assure them that things will be all right.”
