Former Trade Union Congress (TUC) President, Peter Esele, says that the Federal Government has not gone far enough to prevent the organised labour from going on strike and protesting the elimination of gasoline subsidies.
After the fuel subsidy was eliminated, Labour pushed for palliatives for Nigerians to lessen the impact of the decision. After talks with the administration fell down, it vowed to start a protest and go on strike on Wednesday.
On Sunday, Esele responded to the situation on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics and insisted that the government has not gone far enough to meet the demands of the labour.
“And the other option for the government is that they should come out and say ‘This is what we are doing’. You just saw one of their demands, which is that the government should invest in CNG.
“I also have my worry about the protest and the strike but the challenge now is that even the organised labour will be up against the leadership for them to do something. So, the Federal Government has not done enough in allowing labour to go this far,” Esele said.
On Friday, representatives of organised labour left a meeting with the Federal Government’s (FG) palliatives team.
The union delegation, which was led by Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria union Congress (NLC), avoided speaking with reporters as they left the meeting’s location.
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