NLC Proposed Strike Act Of Sabotage, Says Coalition
The Coalition of Nigeria Civil Society Forum (CNCSF) has alleged that the proposed strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is an act of sabotage with an ulterior motive of collecting gratification from the government at the expense of the unsuspecting public.
Organised Labour recently threatened to stage a two-day nationwide protest against the hardship in the land on February 28 and 28.
But the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday pulled out of the planned action complaining that the decision to embark on the action was not collectively taken.
Admitting that Nigerians are going through difficult times at the moment, Convener of the Coalition, Dr. Godwin Abutu at briefing in Abuja, noted that the government has persistently assured Nigerians of rallying around the clock to ameliorate the sufferings of the people with different incentives.
Abutu however noted that efforts by the Federal Government to resolve the matter are being sabotaged.
“While we are not worried over the empty and baseless threats to drag the government through the strike, we are once again concerned that this group has always used these threats to collect gratifications from the government and betray the people, a situation we are out to arrest this time as spokespersons of the masses of this country.
“Even though the NLC further contradicted itself by abandoning the wage negotiation table set up by the government to improve the wages of workers to go and embark on this macabre dance that has no head or tail. We expected the leadership of these trade unions to have contributed their opinions of how we would come out of this quagmire with such a privilege rather than embarking on this wild goose chase.”
The group reminded the Organised Labour that past actions have not resolved any problem faced by the masses recently.
Instead, the group advised Organised Labour to drop the warning strike and come to the negotiating table with the government