Adefioye Iyunade
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the shelved nationwide strike by the Organised Labour as a victory for the masses.
The party also commended the Federal Government for successfully brokering an agreement with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) leading to the shelving of the industrial action.
A statement by the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena, in Abuja on Monday said the development was in line with the proven pro-people stance of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration.
The statement read in part: “The All Progressives Congress (APC) commends Monday’s shelved nationwide strike following the Federal Government’s successful brokering of an agreement with the leaderships of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on the increase in electricity tariff and the price of fuel.
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“The welcome and positive development is in line with the proven pro-people stance of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration which has always put the welfare and interest of the masses first in policy decisions and implementation. Indeed, the shelved strike is a victory for the Nigerian masses.
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“The Federal Government in temporarily suspending the application of the cost-reflective electricity tariff adjustments by DISCOs to allow for an all-inclusive and independent review of the power sector operations is evident of government’s pro-people stance.”
On the increase in pump price of petrol, the ruling party hailed the truce reached with the labour as they agreed on the urgent rehabilitation of the country’s refineries to deliver in full capacity in order to drastically reduce over dependency on imported products.
“Again, to reduce the cost of petrol, the Federal Government and labour agree on the urgency to rehabilitate the nation’s refineries and increase our local refining capacity so as to reduce the over-dependency on costly importation of refined petroleum products.
“The President Buhari government has made solid commitments to re-channel saved national resources from the stopped fuel subsidy and deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector to other critical sectors such as infrastructure, health and education.”
The party then called on all well-meaning Nigerians and stakeholders to cooperate, partner and monitor implementation of these commitments and agreements reached by the Federal Government and organised labour.
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