NLC, TUC Stage Walk Out From Meeting With FG

Labour union representatives on Sunday staged a walk-out
from a meeting with the federal government, barely five minutes
after it started.

According to the president of the Trade Union Congress, Quadri
Olaleye, on the meeting’s top agenda were the issues surrounding
the hike in the price of fuel and electricity tariffs, not issues
of palliatives.

In his opening remarks before the closed-door session, Olaleye
accused the federal government of dishonesty, playing to the
gallery and painting the organised labour in a bad light before
civil servants and the public.

Representing the Nigerian Labour Congress was its deputy
president, Najeem Yasin.

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“This meeting is not going to be as usual,” Olaleye told
Channels Television. “Why, because we have seen the insincerity of
government and it’s putting us at risk. They are taking us for a
ride, which cannot continue.

“We are in the process of discussing, for over three months now.
And they made announcement increasing the fuel price again. And no
other person than NNPC. When has authority been giving to NNPC to
increase the price of PMS? This is unacceptable.

“The meeting agenda is not well prioritised. And because of
that, we are leaving the meeting. We will not continue, we will go
back to our organ, and we are going to get back to you on the next
line of action.”

In attendance from the federal government were the Minister of
Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, the Minister of State for
Labour, Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Petroleum, Timiprye
Sylva, Minister of state for power, Goddy Agba and the Secretary to
the Government, Boss Mustapha.

“We felt that the item of increase in PMS, having been listed at
all as an additional item, would have satisfied everybody,” labour
minister, Ngige said after the walkout.

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