“Peter Obi Endorsing Nigerian Labour Congress” Failed To Go On Strike During Naira Redesign Suffering- Omokri Claims NLC Protest Is Self-Centered

Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide during the People’s Democratic Party era, has alleged that the nationwide strike being planned by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) is motivated by personal gains. CONTINUE READING

While the NLC has recently discussed the possibility of a strike in response to President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration, certain factions within the NLC assert that they will not participate in the strike.

The Social media critic while reacting to the trending reports, claimed that NLC failed to go on strike when the naira policy made Nigerians sad. He added they did not also go on strike when Buhari failed to meet the demands of ASUU.

He wrote; “If the suffering of the masses is the real reason behind the planned fuel subsidy strike by the Peter Obi endorsing Nigerian Labour Congress, why did they not go on strike when the masses were suffering over the Naira redesign, even when the Buhari government did not give in to their demands for reversal of the policy? Why did they not strike when university students sat at home for a year due to Buhari’s failure to meet ASUU’s demands? Calling for a strike a week after the swearing-in of the man who defeated the man you endorsed looks like sour grapes. This present NLC is too compromised with its links to Peter Obi to be objective.”

“In England, labour unions cannot go on strike unless they first hold a poll amongst their members and the majority vote in favour of industrial action. We need that in Nigeria so that a politically partisan Nigerian Labour Congress leadership that endorsed and campaigned for Peter Obi cannot dictate its will over Nigerian workers and hoodwink them into going on strike to support a partisan political idea, passed off as a patriotic nationalist policy.”

Source: Bushradiogist