NLC issues seven-day strike notice over fuel subsidy

NLC has reportedly given the federal government seven days to address its demands, failing which it will embark on strike on 2 August.

has given a nationwide strike notice beginning on 2 August to protest the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government, Punch newspaper is reporting.

PREMIUM TIMES could not reach any of the labour officials to confirm the development. The General Secretary of the NLC, Emma Ugboaja, did not respond to calls to his mobile phone on Wednesday. A few days later, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited announced a new price regime ranging from N537 to N600 per litre of petrol.

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