The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has encouraged the labour union to abandon the proposed action and suggested that the NLC and the Federal Government work together to find methods to lessen the impact of the removal.
Following President Bola Tinubu’s declaration that the fuel “subsidy is gone,” the NLC had threatened to strike on Wednesday as fuel prices increased.
Sanwo-Olu claimed that the President is developing strategies to lessen the effects of the subsidy removal at the same time as Lagos State is implementing the necessary procedures.
“So, I want to plead with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that it should not turn it into a political thing because we are beginning to see that. The leadership should indeed know that they are leading a pack of people and they need to restrain themselves,” he said on Sunday after a post-inauguration “Thanksgiving Service” at the Cathedral Church of Christ in Marina, Lagos.
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“Let us be patient; let us work around [issues around subsidy removal]. NNPCL has said to us that there is more than enough petrol to go round. So, there is no need for us to heat up the polity. Any strike would not solve anything. It will certainly not be the issue. The point would be: ‘How are we going to ensure that there is a turnaround in our economy that we can live?’”
“He [Tinubu] has mentioned something around better ways. We have started that in Lagos State. We pride ourselves that we have started it in January. Other parts of the country can also do the same. So, there is no need for us to get political. It is governance now and people want to see purposeful governance. Let the man [Tinubu] settle down. He has said he will form a team that would take the country out of poverty.”
