NLC May Direct Workers to Stay at Home – Aremu
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday threatened to direct
workers to stay at home if the fuel scarcity being experienced across
the country persisted.
The NLC Deputy National President, Isa Aremu stated this in a
statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday
in Kaduna. The NLC statement is coming barely four days before the PDP
led government would hand over the affairs of the nation to the new
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, May 29. "If the Current
scarcity and price robbery of Nigerians continues NLC will have no
choice but compel workers to stay at home.
"Workers certainly cannot fuel themselves to work with their blood.
There is limit to slavery and state marketers' extortion.
"With an outgiong president and incoming one, five past heads of state
alive, 36 state governors and hundreds of legislators and scores of
ministers, no country on earth parades the highest number of state
actors like Nigeria.
"Yet there is no governance with respect to distribution of basic
products like petroleum and Kerosene,"
According to him, it is time Nigerians stop agonising in the hands of
cabals holding the nation to ransom for several weeks through
deliberate deprivation of petroleum products. "What is happening in
Nigeria amounts to economicide, which is a conscious subjugation of
170 million people to economic ruination through unsustainable
petroleum import-based racket.
"This is an unofficial declaration of war against the citizens by
combined forces of irresponsible ruling elite and business crooks."
"This agony of capitalism must be mass resisted by all Nigerians, " he
said.
workers to stay at home if the fuel scarcity being experienced across
the country persisted.
The NLC Deputy National President, Isa Aremu stated this in a
statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday
in Kaduna. The NLC statement is coming barely four days before the PDP
led government would hand over the affairs of the nation to the new
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, May 29. "If the Current
scarcity and price robbery of Nigerians continues NLC will have no
choice but compel workers to stay at home.
"Workers certainly cannot fuel themselves to work with their blood.
There is limit to slavery and state marketers' extortion.
"With an outgiong president and incoming one, five past heads of state
alive, 36 state governors and hundreds of legislators and scores of
ministers, no country on earth parades the highest number of state
actors like Nigeria.
"Yet there is no governance with respect to distribution of basic
products like petroleum and Kerosene,"
According to him, it is time Nigerians stop agonising in the hands of
cabals holding the nation to ransom for several weeks through
deliberate deprivation of petroleum products. "What is happening in
Nigeria amounts to economicide, which is a conscious subjugation of
170 million people to economic ruination through unsustainable
petroleum import-based racket.
"This is an unofficial declaration of war against the citizens by
combined forces of irresponsible ruling elite and business crooks."
"This agony of capitalism must be mass resisted by all Nigerians, " he
said.
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