The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has been urged to postpone its planned statewide strike by the Confederation of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups.
The request was made by the group’s director-general, Kailani Muhammad, in a statement on Monday, Nov. 6, in Abuja.
According to Muhammad, such a planned move may upend the nation’s socio-democratic systems and the entire economic foundation.
He said: “We are using this forum to passionately appeal to NLC, the umbrella body of Nigerian workers, to shelve its planned strike on the physical assault on the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in Imo State.
“We believe that the NLC knows the consequences of the planned strike fully well, more than anybody else.”
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He went on to say that if all economic activity in Nigeria were to stop as a result of the planned strike, the country’s economy would be derailed and stampeded, causing needless catastrophe.
He said: “The commoner on the street, whom the NLC protects, will be more negatively impacted. This is because the already high cost of goods and services will soar to unimaginable proportions.
“This is deadly because they cannot be bought down by changing situations. As we all know, prices never come down in Nigeria once they go up.
“It is given the above submissions that we are making this appeal, firstly as concerned citizens and, more importantly, as true democrats, whose main focus is the well-being of the Nigerian nation.”