NLC to begin two-day warning strike Tuesday

On Tuesday, September 5, 2023, the Nigeria Labour Congress will begin a two-day warning strike over what it termed as the government’s inability to appropriately mitigate the impacts of the elimination of subsidies on Premium Motor Spirit, more commonly known as gasoline, according to The PUNCH.

The labor center organized a countrywide demonstration earlier in August against what it deemed to be “anti-poor” measures taken by the Bola Tinubu administration against Nigerians.

On May 29, 2023, the subsidy was eliminated, raising the cost of PMS to N610 per litre. Cost of living eventually increased as a result of the fuel price increase.

Although committees were established by the Tinubu administration to organize the distribution of palliatives to workers, the labour center highlighted that the committees had not yet developed any plans.

In a succinct statement, a member of the NLC national body announced that a warning strike would begin on Tuesday. The national organization will soon publish a notice.