₦airaland Forum

Greenfusion:
While you have a point, i don't totally agree, they are essential goods traders or business people, those would sustain well, salary earners are mostly hit, transportation currently has doubled, by this coming week, food and other essential products would likely double or triple, so, me that earn 100k and spend 30k on transport previously would now be spending 60k, also if i spend 20k on feeding, then it becomes 40k, the 100k salary is gone...also if u had savings of 500k, its value would be halved.....also note that while Businesses are affected like you stated, salary cannot be increased up to 200% ( or double), so, now, who would suffer most?....so business may have to lay off staffs to survive.

Cost of running business should have doubled or even tripled....so salary worker would be on the receiving end more.....I learnt water is about to increase, would you now stop drinking water or eating food?

The president wasn't wise and too hasty....alot should have been made available.

At this point our borders need to be opened if that would help reduce prices of essential products especially food, let there be over supply.

The coming weeks would be very tough, all of us writing in support of this removal and discouraging a protest would begin to feel the pain, the government needs to provide a cushion, and trust me, if this Govt doesn't get the heat they won't act.

You can say that again at the last statement!

Ofunaofu:
I don't understand this news


What is NLC north and NLC south west


The last time I checked, NLC got one national body


Is APC trying to create a phantom NLC faction masquerading as NLC North and NLC South west

Is Tinubu and his minions now creating the impression that every other part of the country is against the subsidy removal except the so called North and South west

Are we now in a government of North and South west collabo against the rest of the country

It will surely backfire

When we say that Tinubu ran the most tribal, religious and ethnic divisive campaign ever witnessed in this country, we have the facts and this is one of it

Abi

Bobloco:
Not really

But nairaland Tinubu minions who stood on his dilapidated scrotum are the ones standing with him on this thoughtless decision

Abi. They were even making jest of Ajaero that he is just shouting. When they saw the viral memo by his union to their members and other affiliate unions, they now saw they were actually serious and the music has changed

Ihateheadslamer:


Whoever that woke up in the morning and refuses to go to work is part of Nigeria problems

Shvt up!

nlfpmod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcOdS5KxCpU

Just IN:

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Northern and Southwestern parts of the country will not join the NLC strike 😅🤭🤣

- Gidado.

pic.twitter.com/55ciUeirGu

— Ainà Dipo 🇳🇬 (@dipoaina1) June 3, 2023

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/06/04/nlc-divided-as-north-south-west-chapters-may-shun-planned-strike%3famp=1

If they decide not to join, that is their own cup of tea. Some affiliates like NUT, the banking, electricity unions and NUPENG will do enough damage on joining. Sometimes, it is not everything we should be politicizing. People are really suffering due to this hardship.

tianshie:
Government of Criminals for Criminals By Criminals.

Abi o. We warned them about this happening. Did they listen?

dalaman:
Nigerians should know by now that no politician is ever there to protect their interest.

Abi

freemanq:
Same old political rubbers, can Nigeria really enjoy true democracy under dis set of people? I don't think so

You can say that again!

id911:
You think this Government will be different from Buhari's? Make una dey dream. Same of the same, nothing different.

Abi o

fergie001:
NTA News



TheWill Newspaper

Country is burning because of his useless mouth, and this foolish usurper is busy making appointments? We warned Nigerians about this one chance but religious and tribal sentiments won't let them be!

millionboi2:
fool who is against subsidy removal now but measures sld be in place before the removal

You are trying to reason with those d0lts?

nitt:
What is good for Jonathan is also good for Tinubu

NLC Carry go!

Abi. Make the usurper face the consequences of his elenu jawaya mouth small.

Ismael97:
I don't know or understand how some Nigerians think. Have these politicians ever been transparent?

We all know that answer is No!

Image123:
This is Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not GEJ or Buhari. Take note and use your God given brains.

This is Ajaero and not Wabba. Take note too.

LagBae:
I thought I was the only one thinking this way.

You are not the only one. Infact, they are so greedy they want to corner all the money to themselves by not granting salary increments.

pinkasso:
Why not bring the palliatives first, even if it's brought in gradually, even with a proposed plan of removing subsidy in 2012 that included palliatives Tinubu and co. Say "lie lie", - we cannot trust this Government...now you want millions of masses to start suffering because they want to enjoy in future...Why did NNPC adjust their price , Why??, Just tell me...the product they have in storage the government have already paid subsidy for those product and even budgeted for June..brink the palliatives and prosecute the thieves then fully deregulate the upstream sector...

Abi. We keep voting for heartless leaders who get worse after each administration. That has to change ffs.

OChimex:
You think everybody can afford it like you do?
How can you pay someone 30k minimum wage a whole fu!..ck..ing month and expect them to buy fuel 490?
If you increase the fuel price by over 100 percent, then increase their salary same way so that they can afford that.
People striking are not business people, but people paid salary.
How do you expect them to survive?
Nigerian leaders are idiots.
In the US, fuel are sold by gallons (3.4 liters a gallon) Hovers around $2.9 to $4 depending on where you live. But the lowest minimum hourly wage in America is like $14.
So people can actually afford the fuel.

You have said everything I want to say. Kudos!

engrjacuzzi:
If you must remove subsidy then you must increase minimum wage.

Exactly! And that is what that usurper clearly doesn't want to do! He basically wants to add the subsidy savings to his and his government loots.

baralatie:
Nlc is going on strike cause the subsidy ends July 31st and the new price at the filling stations has already been paid for by the fg.
So the extra funds mopped .who gets it🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

That is the question they have refused to answer! Your guess is as good as mine on the answer.

edungene7:
hypocrite but when Jonathan wanted to remove subsidy back then he was an omo ibo and ole karma is a bitch Tinubu must face the consequence of is actions

Abi

Pakman:
Living in a country that places the cart before the horse.

You can say that again!

emekajacobogbon:
I'm not against the idea of subsidy removal.
But it's wrong for you an elected or selected president to mount a podium and announce it without due consultation and dialogue with the stakeholders and representatives of the people you claim to be leading.
It is anti-people policy.
A good step in a wrong direction.

Anti-people policies which APC is known for.

Cyberterror:
NLC is currently led by Joe Ajaero, an openly partisan Igbo man who is part of the Peter Obi plot to steal President Bola Tinubu's mandate and he is playing his role by destabilizing the country with planned strike even though all the major contenders in the last election including the party he is supporting, and Nigerians in general have agreed that subsidy is a scam which must go. The DSS warned against people like Ajaero who want to torment trouble and he must be arrested if he insists on the strike. What labour should be talking of now are palliatives not a reversal of the subsidy removal. Joe Ajaero is an enemy of Nigeria who must not be allowed to carry out the hatchet job he is doing for the defeated labour party.

Shvt up!

Brushstrokes20:
Cool!... # SHUT DOWN THE SHITHOLE till effective palliatives are put in place to cushion the aftermath of subsidy removal !
# execute policies like SANE homo sapiens
# put the horse before the cart and not otherwise

Abi

fergie001:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trBglHXi8gI




https://www.channelstv.com/2023/06/02/breaking-nlc-to-embark-on-nationwide-strike-wednesday/

Just watched the video. Ajaero is not playing with the way he talked there. Tinubu better reinstate the subsidy and go into negotiations with labour. Because he won't like the end of where this is going. This guy is not the docile Wabba at all kan kan! A word is enough for the wise.

seborrhic:
Oh God,this is very wrong.
Already there are adjustments going on,transporters that increased their fares by 100% have in some cases reduced it to 50%.
Given time, people will find other cost saving measures to take.
What NLC wants to do is the stupidest thing at this time for these 2 vital reasons:
prices that have increased will never go back to the pre-subsidy removal prices,even if the government reverses course.
There would be scarcity of the product during the strike and even after the strike is called off and the subsidy remains.
But with this present removal there would never again be scarcity because people would reduce fuel they buy or only buy if they have something important to do with fuel.There won't be hoarding because unlike when insane profits were made from hoarding,you can only make money now if you sell your fuel,so hoarding it won't make you incur losses!
Please NLC should rather dialogue with the government on palliatives and maybe salary increase.
Strike over a subsidy that must go one day is the most foolish decision to be taken now!

The government that removed subsidy without these palliative measures in place is who you are taking serious? Infact, if nothing is done about this action, there might be no increment in salaries knowing the Tinubu I know very well. So this is the time for Labour to flex their muscles comrade. If not, this greedy government can decide not to negotiate with them again and their actions are pointing towards that direction. If they are sincere, they should reverse the subsidy removal and go into negotiations with labour for salary increments and other palliatives. Only then can they remove the subsidy. That is how things are done! First things first!

Gangster1ms:
Excellent.. Why remove subsidy when no refinery is functioning? Why sell pms at an outrageous price when the stock in market are already subsidized till the end of June?

Abi. The questions they can't answer. There is budgetary provision until June ending, so why the haste?

Manigie:
I hope these agbado eaters and that fellow who sang ' as e pain dem' last week will not be part of this strike because their cards allow them to buy fuel at a cheaper price......

If not for the wickedness in our leaders, how can you just take away subsidy without doing anything or putting things in place to alleviate the suffering? You just announced boom, as if you're running your home....

Abi o! But we warned them sha that Tinubu is an heartless man and dictatorial. Did they listen?

Jostoman:
Very good, i hope NLC are not giving us false hope?

Seems you don't know Ajaero well.

Ihateheadslamer:
As expected.

Abi

fergie001:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trBglHXi8gI




https://www.channelstv.com/2023/06/02/breaking-nlc-to-embark-on-nationwide-strike-wednesday/

This is the Ajaero we know! The no-nonsense man!

fergie001:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trBglHXi8gI




https://www.channelstv.com/2023/06/02/breaking-nlc-to-embark-on-nationwide-strike-wednesday/

Now Ajaero is talking! Don't know why he has been soft on this issue.