Ahead of its nationwide strike, the National Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the disclosure of how money saved from subsidies were spent.
This was the submission of NLC President,
Comrade Joe Ajaero, during an interview with Arise Television on Sunday
evening.
“We need to know who these subsidies were
paid to and what the funds were used for.
“Can we have the names of the people and companies
that collected these subsidies? We have agreed on some alternatives before now,
why are those alternatives not working?”
He also expressed disappointment following
meeting between the government and the NLC on Sunday, June 4.
According to him, no progress was made
because “the government did not seem interested in the NLC’s position regarding
the fuel pump price increase resulting from the removal of fuel subsidies by
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu”.
The NLC had declared last week that it would
embark on nationwide strike on Wednesday, June 7, in a bid to protest the fuel
price hike.
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