Scheduled Protests Loom as FG and NLC Join Forces to Address Rising Telecom Tariffs
The Federal Government and leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, are set to meet over the NLC’s scheduled protest, following the hike in telecom tariff.
In response to the 50% increase in telecommunications rates, the NLC and its civil society partners planned a demonstration for Tuesday, February 4.
The NLC’s opposition to the N8 billion government budgetary allocation for power bill sensitization which the labor movement characterized as the pinnacle of wastefulness, corruption, and profligacy will also be discussed at the meeting
A source from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, which is hosting the meeting, disclosed that the meeting is scheduled to commence at 5 pm.
The source said the meeting is a “dialogue on matters of national interest as it affects the Nigerian workers.”
The source claims that the purpose of the interministerial meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, is to address the concerns expressed by NLC regarding the authorized increases in telecommunications tariffs that the federal government has approved, which NLC, its allies, and others are strongly opposed to.
