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BREAKING: NLC Fixes Date To Commence Nationwide Strike Over Fuel Subsidy

Faith Ukanwa

Jun 02, 2023

BREAKING: NLC Fixes Date To Commence Nationwide Strike Over Fuel Subsidy
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike from Wednesday, June 7, 2023 over the removal of fuel subsidy.

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The National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, made this known during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday.

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The Congress said it will embark on strike if the government fails to reverse the new pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as fuel.

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This comes amid fuel shortages across the country occasioned by President Bola Tinubu's inaugural speech, in which he declared that "fuel subsidy is goneÔÇØ.

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Currently, fuel sells at N500 and above across all the states of the federation including NNPC petrol stations.

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