Faction of NLC call off planned strike action

A factional president of the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, says his
faction will not be participating in tomorrow May
18th planned strike action against the increased
pump price of petrol. Speaking to newsmen in
Abuja today, Ajaero said the present economic
hardship many Nigerians are facing will increase
if the strike holds.
He accused the Ayuba Wabba led faction of the
NLC of asking for a loan of N2 billion they took
to buy houses to be written off by the
government ...
"When you are asking that the loan given
to you in 2012, which had not been paid
back should be written off, we believe
that the action has already been sold out
before it takes off. So, we will wait for
our group to meet. But definitely, it
appears that by ideology and every other
thing, we can no longer meet. We thought
we should have managed this in the
interest of Nigerians but from the look of
things, it appear we have to go our
different ways. We have condemned the
increase and called for negotiation and
reversal. It was on the basis of our calls
that this meeting was summoned for us
to meet and find the way forward.” While
insisting that his group will not
participate in the strike, Ajaero said, “If
we wanted to be serious about an action,
you can’t call for an action on
Wednesday. It is only an action that is
sold out that is called for Wednesday so
that by Friday, you say you have strike
lethargy and call it off."