The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said Nigerians have lost their peace of mind since the “Subsidy is gone” comment made by President Bola Tinubu during his May 29, 2023, inauguration.
The labour congress disclosed this in a statement jointly signed by the national president, Joe Ajaero and secretary-general, Emmanuel Ugboaja.
The NLC faulted the Tinubu administration for its “unfriendly” policies while adding that it had continued treating Nigerians as enslaved people.
The statement partly reads: “The Central Working Committee of the NLC observed that the Federal Government has shown enormous disdain and contempt for Nigerian people and workers having acted and continued to act without regard to the welfare and cries of the citizenry.
“That Government seems to have declared a war of attrition on Nigerian workers and masses without any care, leaving them to the throes of hopelessness and helplessness.
“The Federal Government has refused to put in place safeguards to protect Nigerians from the harsh economic situation that its policies have inflicted on the people; rather, it has decided to insult the sensibilities of Nigerian masses by offering us N8,000 per family and offering themselves N70billion.
“The Federal Government has frustrated and abandoned its own committee, which was a product of social dialogue between the government and workers’ organisations in the country.
While the committee has not met, the government embarked on unilateral actions and programmes.
“Since Mr President’s “subsidy is gone forever” speech at the inauguration day, the peace of mind of Nigerians has gone; decent living gone increasing despair of unimaginable dimensions.”
Speaking further, the NLC stated that the Federal Government has continued to promote the “gang-up” of the ruling elite against the Nigerian people and workers.
