In the event that Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, adopts the policies of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has declared that the labour union will disavow Obi.
Ajaero made this declaration on Tuesday during an interview with Channels Television, which was taped. Ajaero called the NLC’s stance on the elimination of the petrol and electricity subsidies “fixed,” and he also mentioned that the labour union would face difficult challenges from any Labour Party president who carried out the IMF’s policies.
“He (Obi) is the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, but does he own the NLC or the Labour Party?” the NLC President remarked.
How come you can’t get them apart? “Anyone running for president or a Labour Party official needs to support our initiatives. Allow him to be elected and test out those things if that is what he said he was going to do.
Would a presidential candidate from a party formed by Labour dictate what would be best for Labour? Everyone is aware of the response. We intend to pursue the policies and beliefs of Labour, which are clearly defined.
remembers that the NERC increased the electricity cost for consumers who receive 20 hours of power per day on April 3, 2024.
Customers now pay N225 kilowatts per hour instead of the usual N66, a development that has drawn condemnation from a large number of Nigerians.
The NLC and the Trade Union Congress, or TUC, subsequently picketed NERC offices and discos on Monday to emphasise their demands, as previously reported by correspondents. However, Ajaero resisted the “politics of reduction” that NERC had recently adopted.
He insisted that NERC and discos must first reverse the tariff to the previous rates and sit down to negotiate with labour unions and other stakeholders on a mutually agreeable course of action. He warned that reductions after tariff increases will not stand.
