The Nigeran Labour Congress, NLC has served a notice on an indefinite strike should the pump price of petrol be raised further above the current 617 naira per litre.
Affirming that the current price is illegal given agreements between it and the government, the NLC vowed to shut down the country should ongoing permutations on a price hike come to reality.
NLC President, Joe Ajaero gave the strike notice on the sidelines of the ongoing meeting of the African Trade Union alliance holding in Abuja.
Comrade Ajaero said that the government has in recent times taken deliberate efforts to undermine the union despite the goodwill of the organized labour.
Hobnob News reports that the strike notice from the NLC is against the background of assertions that the present 617 per litre of fuel is not sustainable based on present international prices and the slump of the naira in the exchange market.Besides the notice on indefinite strike by the NLC should the pump price be increased, Hobnob News reports that the Labour Party in Edo State has laid down one condition for the embattled deputy governor of the state, Comrade Philip Shaibu to be welcomed into the party.
The Chairman of the party in the state, Kelly Ogbaloi spoke at the weekend during a meeting with gubernatorial aspirants in the party where he said the party will present a candidate that is generally acceptable to the populace.
The condition to the deputy governor came in the wake of the crisis of confidence between Comrade Shaibu and Governor Godwin Obaseki who has accused him of desperation in his bid to become governor.
