The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to boycott the Federal Government’s meeting on Monday (today) if the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, does not attend.
The labour organisations are set to meet again with the federal government to examine the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on subsidy withdrawal palliatives that they signed.
Prior to the conference, organised labour bemoaned the destructive impact of the forex crisis on the economy and requested that the naira be stabilised as soon as possible.
The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, issued a statement on Sunday, blaming government officials for the country’s currency’s wild decline.
In a statement titled, “Urgent action to stabilise the naira amidst alarming depreciation,” the NLC president stated that the effects of the weakening currency will be felt by workers and the general public.
“Hopefully, we may meet tomorrow (today) with the federal government to see whether the agreement with organised labour on the fuel subsidy removal palliatives was met or not.
“If that meeting is to be held, it will be without the Minister of Labour and Employment (Simon Lalong) because we will not be part of any meeting with the federal government that the minister of labour and employment will attend.
“You will recall that the decision we had on the National Union of Road Transport Workers was that all parties, including the police should leave the premises, pending the resolution of the dispute but that did not happen. Therefore, any meeting we will have with the federal government, the minister of labour and employment will not be part of it,” he said.
cc: Daily Post Ng
