The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its nationwide protests scheduled for Thursday, January 27 and February 2, 2022.
NLC announced the suspension on Tuesday after its virtual National Executive Council meeting.
The President of the Congress, Ayuba Wabba, who broke the news at a press conference, said the decision to suspend the protests was necessitated by the reversal of the Federal Government’s plan to stop the subsidy on petrol.
He added that members of the NLC who had been mobilized would be demobilized following the decision to suspend the protests.
He said, “At the peak of very rigorous mobilization of Nigerians by the Nigeria Labour Congress and a host of her civil society allies, the government through the Minister of Finance yesterday, January 24, 2022, made a public announcement reversing the plans to increase petrol pump price.”
“The position of the government was also officially communicated to the Congress with calls for further engagement. Following the reversal and reproach by the government, the National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress met this morning virtually to consider the new position of the government.”
NLC also promised it would continue to engage with the government on the very critical issues of ensuring local refining of petroleum, creation of sustainable jobs and affordable price of petrol for Nigerian workers and people.
