FG lied to us about N500bn palliative - NLC leader

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the federal government lied to Nigerians when it promised to roll out palliative to ensure that the citizenry do not feel the impact of the fuel subsidy removal.

Peters Adeyemi, the Deputy President of NLC and Chairman of the 2017 May Day celebration, made this known to Jounalists in Abuja on Thursday, while briefing on the activities mapped out for the May Day celebrations.

“Federal government told us when we protested against the increase of pump price of fuel from N97 to N145, that N500billion was budgeted as a palliative for workers, but to our greatest surprise, we discovered there was nothing as such, rather government is  blaming the situation in the price of crude oil at the international market.

“We are determined to ensure government provide palliative to cushion the effect of hash economic policies of this government and also ensure there is food on the table of Nigerians,” he said.

Speaking further,   Adeyemi said Nigerian workers would among other things, during the May Day, include immediate implementation of the new minimum wage.

He said: “ We shall use this opportunity to renew the call for the review of the national minimum wage that is overdue for review considering the current economic trend.

 “Inflation has increased, the naira has lost its value and current minimum wage has been completely eroded. Therefore, the need and urgency for a call for the review of the current minimum wage.”

He added that the theme of this year’s celebration is ‘Labour relations in economic recession: an appraisal.’ 

 


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