STRIKE: Stock home with food, medicines NLC tells Nigerians.

[Lida93]

Following the astronomical hike in the price of fuel (PMS) due to the complete removal of fuel subsidy by the present administration of President Tinubu  Federal Government the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a seven day ultimatum strike which threaten to shutdown every sector of the nation's economy.

NLC has advised citizens to stock their homes with food items, medicines and other essential things ahead of the commencement of its seven-day strike to protest the removal of fuel subsidies and the escalating cost of living in the country.
Source: https://punchng.com/nationwide-strike-stock-homes-with-food-medicines-others-labour-tells-nigerians/

According to NLC that the manner at which the FG removed the fuel subsidy wasn't in line with previous agreements between the NLC and FG. The action which has led to an untold hardship on the citizens with prices of foodstuffs, products and services skyrocketed

The NLC has therefore asked Nigerians to be prepared for the strike by stocking their homes with food items, medicals necessities and other essential items ahead of the seven-day nationwide strike.

The strike is said to commence on the 2nd of August, 2023 as Labour has vowed to cripple fuel supply, power grid, shut markets, schools, hospitals, banks and more others.

Although the Federer Government has scheduled a meeting with the NLC currently ongoing today 31st July, 2023 for a dialogue on matters arising. It should suffice you to know that same FG scheduled a meeting of this kind with the NLC on the 28th July, 2023 buy didn't showed up at the meeting which spark NLC to declare the 7-day ultimatum warning strike backed by other labour unions.

Only the outcome of today's meeting will determine if the strike will hold as announced by NLC or not.

What are your thoughts on this issue as this is not the first time NLC is calling for a nationwide strike but end up calling it off amidst the expectations of Nigerians for a commence strike?

And if this strike actually hold are you and family prepared for the seven-day?

[Lida93]

I still rememba wen I com wit this same kind of info around  July wey NLC talk of going on a warning strike to short down the economy bcos of how d fuel price hike don cos plenty sufferin onto the masses. But as Nigerians witness am that strike no com hold, even me sef e shock me say labor com do lik barking dog wey no get teeth to bite.

Same NLC don com back wit another two days strike again oh wey Dem say go hold Tuesday and Wednesday Nationwide. The interesting tin about this particular strike be say unlike that other one of July, this one now even National Executive Committee of the Nation'al Union of Banks and other other money mattas  for Naija sef don follow join body for dis one say dem dey support NLC so wetin dis one mean be say there will ne no banking activities in any bank premises for the nation for this two days. So person wey get small physical change for hand make u know how to manage am well , just in case this strike get belle as Dem talk.
The conclusion of the NEC meeting na dey under for dis photo, mk u fit read am too.

In line with the communique issued after the meeting of National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held on Thursday 31 August 2023 that all affiliates should direct all its members to commence two days’ withdrawal of services from Tuesday September 5 and Wednesday September 6, 2023,” the statement, dated September 2, 2023, reads. https://www.thecable.ng/punishing-economic-circumstances-banks-insurance-firms-to-join-nlcs-two-day-warning-strike/amp

[Spaceman1000$]

My brother, Omo the matter just tire me. I don even hear say telecommunication services self go shutdown for this two days. NLC should come up with a comprehensive plan on how to tackle Government policies that are affecting the people, there are lots of things NLC is not fighting for, they've remained docile as State Governor's are dealing with civil servants, as regards promotions, payment of gratuities of pensioners, implementation of minimum wages and whole lot more of things. This incessant strike almost everytime is not helping the matter, they went on strike not too long ago, what did they achieve, nothing.
Now they coming up with another strike again, whenever NLC is aready to fight for the common Man, we will know, but for now, they are just playing to the Gallery.

[Majestic-milf]

 The question we need to ask ourselves nah; these pipo dey go dis strike for the betterment of the masses or nah to just line their pocket? Because for this naija we dey so, highly placed officials no dey do wetin no go benefit them. No be today NLC don dey go strike, but if we ask wetin the strike don bring, to me I go say nah more hardship and suffering o. I remember last month when them threaten to strike but as Fed Govt contest the mata, them halt their plans. Them don start again as e be NLC dey threaten indefinite strike after 14 working days if this 2 days them go go no get head.
 For here, Federal govt dey tell them to easy pressure and knowing the contri we dey, when small thing don reach hand, their mouth go close.
   

[GiftedMAN]

I no wam sound like bad Belle wey no wam the betterment of my people but I wam let us no now say NLC just dey make noise, since this OGA bubu administration wey we don experience hike in prices of all the petroleum products PMS, AGO, DPK and LPG, Dem don come out plenty times give warning strike but nothing come out na for dis one now wey Dem go show working so that OGA bubu go listen to Dem? I don first get this info for since dis afternoon but I no reason am because tomorrow tomorrow now we go hear say federal government don call labour for close door meeting and after the meeting we no go see anything like strike again so abeg make Dem go relax collect dia own cut rest.

Wetin dey more important na the judgment wey naija people dey wait for Wednesday 6th of September make we see how our judiciary wam take defend our OGA for all the information wey don dey ground for now make nobody panic for wetin NLC talk their talk been only get weight wen Adams Oshomole been dey also labour chairman.

[Sim_card]

The question we need to ask ourselves nah; these pipo dey go dis strike for the betterment of the masses or nah to just line their pocket? Because for this naija we dey so, highly placed officials no dey do wetin no go benefit them. No be today NLC don dey go strike, but if we ask wetin the strike don bring, to me I go say nah more hardship and suffering o. I remember last month when them threaten to strike but as Fed Govt contest the mata, them halt their plans. Them don start again as e be NLC dey threaten indefinite strike after 14 working days if this 2 days them go go no get head.
 For here, Federal govt dey tell them to easy pressure and knowing the contri we dey, when small thing don reach hand, their mouth go close.
  

This is the fact of everything about NLC and their strike threat that you have said. NLC chairman is only after his pocket and he is using the masses to enrich himself because he knows that,when he comes up with strike strategy, the government will get panic and give him his own quarter. For this country everybody dey fight for only themselves and them go lie say na for the benefit of all. All since I was very young in secondary school till now,all the NLC saga hasn't changed anything in the Labour section but rather has worsen it.

[sokani]

The question we need to ask ourselves nah; these pipo dey go dis strike for the betterment of the masses or nah to just line their pocket? Because for this naija we dey so, highly placed officials no dey do wetin no go benefit them. No be today NLC don dey go strike, but if we ask wetin the strike don bring, to me I go say nah more hardship and suffering o. I remember last month when them threaten to strike but as Fed Govt contest the mata, them halt their plans. Them don start again as e be NLC dey threaten indefinite strike after 14 working days if this 2 days them go go no get head.
 For here, Federal govt dey tell them to easy pressure and knowing the contri we dey, when small thing don reach hand, their mouth go close.

Thank you my brother, no be today wey NLC don dey bark like dog, after all this ginger dem go just call di NLC boss go Abuja make him come collect one Ghana must go, di parade go change. Leave all this people na for their own selfish interest dem dey fight for, when him don collect him own share of di national cake, him go begin to sing another song. Strike no dey work for dis country, government no dey get di message. Even when go on strike na who dey suffer am? Na still me and you go suffer am. Maybe wetin dis govt dey find na ENDSARS 2.0 and I hope it doesn't get there.  

[EluguHcman]

To my best observations towards each and every organizational bodies in this country, they are at it selves personal interests instead of standing a voice for the masses.
Whatever system of governments and organizational bodies has always been a professionality for having the masses welfares are it's workshops to feed its pockets.

Dear Op, just as you said that  this is not the first time NLC is calling for a nationwide strike but end up calling it off amidst the expectations of Nigerians happens because there entered some tokens to their bank accounts as mails to hold onto termed to be bribery.

These whole organizational bodies have the masses staked and gambles with their welfares, peace, lives, properties and of course with their increases of growth consciencelessly without an atom of remorse because they persist doing this s*** consistently.

The strike called by NLC is an empty threat. They have looked insight and has put to calculation of the present government of the Bola Amed Tinubu that they have acquired much luxurious incomes as extortions through inflations but needed to be recognized by a percentage but the government is acting adamant on them then they came in to create a public call for an unfair alarm together with the masses so they could have a proficient point of contact while indirectly asking for their own quoter from the government using us the masses as an influential tool against the government.

How would the so NLC ask the masses to stock in foods and meds as a sanction against the strike when they knew the current situation on ground about the hardship within the nation? Where would the money to do all that come from? They said the removal of the fuel subsidy was not as agreed and was improper as it already caused inflations in the economical system yet they don't think the percussions the strike of such as threatened could linger worsen by the common citizens.
The so called NLC is also an institute of itself concerns just as other related organizations as the government.

If there could be means to stock enough foods, meds and other essential needs for a whole weeks, then it is assumed there is a welfare of the economy since everyone can afford a long period essential stocks as that.
I can tell you hell no, I, my family and lot of persons to by best of notice are not capable of stocking food, meds and other essential needs as directed by the so NLC.
NLC is also part of the problems  that has escalated the mess of today in our societies of economies.
All are rebellions nodding to public feeding funds into its personal pockets.

[Promocodeudo]

Nigeria's government has suffocated its citizens with several unrealistic and opaque policies, The petroleum product increment is just done to deceive people, they said subsidy is a scam, so if they were being factual about their findings, why is the product high, that's to say that, the government is bent on deceit, they can not confuse people like me, the government has failed in everything, just imagine the kind of crude oil we have in the Niger Delta states, but still electricity is zero, less modular refineries, what we see is extravagant spending by the government, they are busy purchasing expensive Cars for the national and state legislatures, what the citizens encounter every day is the increment of goods, I will say that, if labour congress can use this strike to weaken them so be it, but the fact is labour can not be trusted because of their inactiveness, and inability to function minimally, and stand for what they are meant for, let this not be initial gra gra.

[AYOBA]

And if this strike actually hold are you and family prepared for the seven-day?

As this strike is on hold now, do we think being on this strike will help us solve the problem we are having  in Nigeria? Because this BABA is not prepared to watch over us in the circumstance we are in? how many time they called for a meeting and the federal government hasn't considered them.
However, Sha let's wait and see what will happen since they claimed this is a warning strike, which means if the government doesn't respond, they we're going to  indefinitely strike. I don't pray for that to happen oo if not others will suffer, especially hospital patients. Who is going to look after them?

 

[Antotena]

And if this strike actually hold are you and family prepared for the seven-day?

As this strike is on hold now, do we think being on this strike will help us solve the problem we are having  in Nigeria? Because this BABA is not prepared to watch over us in the circumstance we are in? how many time they called for a meeting and the federal government hasn't considered them.
However, Sha let's wait and see what will happen since they claimed this is a warning strike, which means if the government doesn't respond, they we're going to  indefinitely strike. I don't pray for that to happen oo if not others will suffer, especially hospital patients. Who is going to look after them?

When Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) still had reputation to protect, government do listen to them that's why you will see that Nigerian government held meeting with them many times not to embark on the strike. When nigeria workers embark on strike, it affects the government, no workers means people will not be available in their place of work, most nigeria public offices will be closed down and that will affect victims that need the service like the transportation union, the market union, the union of teachers in secondary and tertiary institutions and lastly, the electricity board will all be shut down, there are many more and this is what NLC can do and the government fear a country that will be idle without generating taxes.

However, over the years, it seems the NLC chairman is not a transparent person with reputation, they say today and change mind tomorrow. It could be a force or been threatened but what is the point of going for strike when nothing changes after few days of absence from work, the government don't listen to them anymore because they see that the strike isn't effective as it use to be, even the unions are bored of staying at home anytime they announced strike, people don't take them serious again.

[ololajulo]

We are currently experiencing a challenging period of governance in which our leaders seem indifferent to the cries and aspirations of the citizens. They even ridicule the grievances of the less fortunate. The security forces stand by the political leaders who oppress us, wearing worn-out uniforms, and yet retire to homes among the very people they have been used to oppress. People now believe they can commit any wrongdoing without consequences. The concept of opposition parties has faded away, as individuals have abandoned their principles for financial gain. Even respected figures like university professors, religious leaders, and the elderly seem to care more about their impending mortality than the affairs of society. Protests have become prohibited, and the labor unions, once a voice for the workers, are now primarily concerned with lining their own pockets.

[Majestic-milf]

 E get wetin one elder statesman tok wey I use hold hand about the contri wey I use hold hand and nah be say if we feel say as the years dey go by say the contri go beta, that nah lie. When each new govt enter seat, instead of making things beta for the masses, nah shege we go dey see. I never see where person go block wia him dey chop so for the case of these NLC them, dia own mata don tire me.
Some people dey say nah the fuel scarcity be major cause of prices hike but wetin I feel be say even if fuel price come down, pipo go still dey wey go increase their goods.
 For naija, once things go up, for am to come down nah war.
E dey painful say with all the natural resources we get nah only the oil wey our mind dey on and no be say we dey utilize am well, e dey shock me say we leaders still dey spend huge amount to refine am and go still use money to buy am.. corruption dey everywhere and what d NLC folks are just doing is taking their own slice of pie.