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Nigeria's ruling party appeals to labor to shelve strike

Xinhua, May 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nigeria's ruling party on Friday urged the country's labor body to shelve the ongoing nationwide strike over increase in fuel pump price in the country.

Bola Tinubu, the All Progressive Congress(APC) National Leader, who led a delegation on a visit to the leadership of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) in Abuja, said it was important for the labor to call off the ongoing strike and return to the negotiating table.

"Today, we are here to appeal to you, so that we can bring this country to a progressive path," he added.

According to him, the ideology of the present administration is about progressive governance that includes the welfare of the people and progress of a nation.

He said the progress being made by present administration depended upon the acceptance of the people.

Tinubu said the visit was to assure the NLC that they are not the enemy and would never be the enemy of the present government that is progressive.

Earlier, the NLC President, Ayubu Wabba, said the visit showed that the APC leadership was concerned about the welfare of the citizenry.

Wabba said NLC was open for negotiations on issues that affect the masses.

The labor unions in the country had commenced an indefinite strike on Wednesday to ask for the reversal of fuel pump price of Premium Motor Spirit. Endit