President Bola Tinubu: 5 Reasons NLC Planned Strike Against Subsidy Removal May Fail
President Bola Tinubu from his inauguration day hit the ground running when he declared that the “fuel subsidy is gone”.
The announcement has put the country in an uneasy corner as fuel marketers have immediately increased the price of the commodity and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is already planning to embark on a strike scheduled for Wednesday, June 7.
However, there are indications that the planned protest by the NLC may not be a successful one due to the reasons explained below:
NLC is no longer neutral.
The labour union has been accused of being biased since the emergence of its new national president, Joe Ajaero.
During the May Day celebration, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, attended the rally of the Labour Union and many Nigerians are already seeing the NLC as taking sides politically.
NLC is divided.
On Saturday, June 3, it was reported that the Labour Union is divided as the northern and southwest states’ chapters of the union have resolved to back out of the strike. Also, Olisah Metuh, another chieftain of the PDP, has urged the southeast states chapters of the NLC-planned industrial action.