The Global Peace Movement International, UK warned that planned action by organised labour is not in the interest of the nation, especially now that the economy and businesses are struggling.
This was disclosed by GPMI President General, Dr. Mike Uyi , in an interview with the in London
Uyi also called for urgent government intervention, to stop the organised labour from embarking on its planned action.
He noted that the planned strike is not in the interest of the nation, especially now that the economy and businesses are struggling.
He added that the genuine concerns of NLC were understandable and the agitation expected, the plan to protest would also not bring about any positive resolution.
“It is true that the removal of fuel subsidy has heaped intolerable levels of hardship on Nigerian workers and households, with businesses also feeling the heat.
“We have witnessed an astronomical increase in the cost of living, with no relief in sight; rising inflation has further exacerbated our woes.
“We, indeed, express our empathy to all Nigerians who have been affected by the current policy thrusts of government, which are yet to yield the expected results”.
Uyi further stated that no one prosponed today’s hunger for tomorrow calling on the Federal Government to immediately put in place measures such as investment in public transport to make the cost affordable and to encourage the use of alternative and renewable energy sources to alleviate the burden of increased fuel prices on the citizenry.
“The government now needs to move to the phrase of palliatives. Yes, we should not go back on this, but we should now do something about palliatives, palliative that you bring down the cost of living generally, cost of food, cost of transportation, import duty on vehicle and import duty on renewable energy.”
He urged the government to be fast on availability of electricity supply so that when people do not have reason to fall back on the use of generators, the demand for fuel will be less, saying, ‘These are things the government needs to quickly do to mitigate this current situation and I can say that this current situation are likely to be temporary.’
