NLC absent as FG meets with TUC over petrol subsidy | TheCable NLCStrike FuelSubsidy
A federal government delegation is in a meeting with representatives of organised labour at the presidential villa, Abuja, over the removal of subsidy on petrol.The meeting comes five days after a first meeting with the new government on the same issue,Advertisement
Meanwhile, the National Union of Electricity Employees had in a memo dated June 2, and signed by its general secretary, Dominic Igwebike, also announced that its members will join the strike.Federal government representatives at the last meeting included Dele Alake, spokesperson for the government’s delegation; Group CEO of NNPCL Mele Kyari; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele; and Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo state.
The federal government’s team is being led at the talks by secretary to the government of the federation George Akume; governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria , Godwin Emefiele; the group chief executive officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited , Mele Kyari; and former governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole.
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