A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has chided the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, over its plan to shut down the country’s economy by embarking on nationwide strike on Wednesday.

NCL had in the wake of astronomical hike in petroleum pump price occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy, declared a nationwide strike beginning on Wednesday this week.

Efforts by the President Bola Tinubu’s Federal Government to quell the anger is yet to yield any positive result.

The union on Sunday, shunned a meeting with the FG.

Reacting to the planned strike, Fani-Kayode in a statement on his Twitter handle on Monday, lambasted the NLC, questioning why it was silent when the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele “introduced his horrendous” cashless policy earlier in the year.

The statement reads, “The leadership of the NLC did not threaten to go on strike when the sadistic monster called Emefiele introduced his horrendous, callous, wicked, malevolent, barbaric, vicious, self-seeking, politically-motivated, unconstitutional and illegal cash confiscation and money deprivation policy that resulted in the suffering, hunger, destruction, death, suicide, hardship, depression, frustration, madness and despair of millions of our people.

“Instead they are threatening to go on strike over the implementation of a well-thought out and credible policy on oil subsidy which the Nigerian people endorsed by voting for a President who promised to remove it and which, though initially tough, will inevitably and eventually result in the restoration and resurrection of our economy and ensure that we have the necessary funds and resources for massive infrastructural development.

“Is this not strange and is it not a reflection of the insincerity, double standards and hypocrisy of the leadership of the Labour Congress?

“Does it not prove the fact they are acting out a script and that they are nothing more than a pack of ravenous wolves, implacable adversaries, insidious subversives and opportunistic mercenaries who are in the hands and power of Peter Obi?

“If Peter orders them to jump they will ask, ‘Bwana, how high?’ Yet the truth is that whether the NLC likes it or not the oil subsidy MUST and WILL go.

“That is the only way to save our country from the fiscal challenges, rot and deterioration that it has suffered over the last 15 years and put us back on the right track for national development”.

magoo10:
mentioning Peter Obi with regards to nlc strike is becoming embarrassing. this is cheap blackmail

Lutherblaq:


This goverment will link their failure to peter obi after 4-8 yrs if the fail

YouandiAllofus:
Even the presidential tribunal judges threatening to join the strike is now also taking side with the LP? Una go tire

Lutherblaq:

Shut up you ugly and hungry ape!

Stop trying to blackmail NLC you propaganda mechine... Can't someone say the truth without being linked to peter obi?

Look at his big agbero eyes

Houseontherock1:
The problem is beyond Obi, it's a national problem. Tinubu should by all means solve this problem by increasing minimum wage. NLC should go on strike for minimum wage, SW and North should also join the struggle. It's beyond Obi and Igbos

Godwin4444:
every sane person knows the man is playing obi/igbos script of government sabotage


As reno hate tinubu reach he stated d obvious truth

Godwin4444:
where was nlc during cashless policy when people were dieing?

Lutherblaq:


You people should keep it on...

What you are trying to say only means that tinubu and nlc played APC/yoruba script back in 2012

magoo10:
this is becoming something else
they have no shame and are making him more popular

Lutherblaq:


If you say the truth they will link youto LP ... Those that means that if you speak lies you should be linked to APC? ...spits!

YouandiAllofus:
Mr. Fan spewing trash as usual

N3TRAL:


Of course. That's what they did. Removal of fuel subsidy was important in 2012. It was when subsidy should have been removed.

Tinubu, the parties that would later become the APC, the NLC, etc mobilized to protest against the pertinent economic policy that was designed to reduce Nigeria's debt burden and channel decent allocation of resources to sectors of the economy that can hasten our development as a nation.

It is the very problem of democracy. The opposition does not protest because the policy will be bad for the Nation. They protest and counter genuine and wonderful policies to make citizens hate the incumbent government while planning to utilize the distrust in the next elections.

We can't remain stagnant because of politics. Tinubu was wrong in 2012 to lead the protest against the removal of subsidy. Today's opposition cannot do the wrong thing because Tinubu did it back then.

Lutherblaq:


Did Cashless Policy brings this sort of suffering?

What Nlc is doing is simple that is the the same thing tinubu and NLc protested againts back then in 2012

N3TRAL:


Of course. That's what they did. Removal of fuel subsidy was important in 2012. It was when subsidy should have been removed.

Tinubu, the parties that would later become the APC, the NLC, etc mobilized to protest against the pertinent economic policy that was designed to reduce Nigeria's debt burden and channel decent allocation of resources to sectors of the economy that can hasten our development as a nation.

It is the very problem of democracy. The opposition does not protest because the policy will be bad for the Nation. They protest and counter genuine and wonderful policies to make citizens hate the incumbent government while planning to utilize the distrust in the next elections.

We can't remain stagnant because of politics. Tinubu was wrong in 2012 to lead the protest against the removal of subsidy. Today's opposition cannot do the wrong thing because Tinubu did it back then.