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| Protesters In Lagos; Photo Credit: Reuters |
Nigerian Labour leaders are about now meeting with the President for the
second time to try and sort out areas of disagreement in the increase in petrol
price, occasioned by the removal of subsidy on petroleum products.
There is an ongoing strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and
Trade Union Congress of Nigeria(TUC), which has paralyzed key sectors of the fragile Nigerian economy.
Labour leaders in an emergency executive meeting had resolved not to shift
grounds from labour's earlier demand that the government reverts back to 65
naira per litre of petrol before the strike would be called off.
On the government delegation are: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.
Aminu Tambuwal , Deputy Speaker Emeka
Ihedioha; Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Wamako; Governor Murtala
Nyako of Adamawa State, Mrs. Dizeani Allison-Madueke; Petroleum Resources
Minister, Bala Usman; Federal Capital
Territory Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Finance, Emeka Wogu of Labour, Mohammed Adoke,; Attorney-general and
Minister of Justice, Labaran Maku of
Information , Anyim Pius Anyim; Secretary to Federal Government, Lagos State
Governor; Raji Fashola; and Rotimi
Amaechi of Rivers State.
chidi opara reports could not confirm the identities of the Labour delegation, but it is likely that
messrs Owei
Lakemfa and John Kolawole, acting general
secretary of NLC and general secretary of TUC respectively are in the
delegation.
