The Confederation of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups has called upon the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to reconsider its proposed nationwide strike.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, the Director-General of the group, Kailani Muhammed, urged the NLC to reconsider, expressing concerns that such a strike might have detrimental effects on the nation’s economy and socio-democratic processes.
“We are using this forum to passionately appeal to NLC, the umbrella body of Nigerian workers, to shelve its planned strike on the physical assault on the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in Imo State.
“We believe that the NLC knows the consequences of the planned strike fully well, more than anybody else,” the director-general said.
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He noted that the proposed strike could inflict severe damage on the nation.
In his view, it might disrupt and destabilize the Nigerian economy, leading to unnecessary turmoil due to the resulting cessation of all economic activities in the country.
“The commoner on the street, whom the NLC protects, will be more negatively impacted. This is because the already high cost of goods and services will soar to unimaginable proportions.
“This is deadly because they cannot be bought down by changing situations. As we all know, prices never come down in Nigeria once they go up.
“It is given the above submissions that we are making this appeal, firstly as concerned citizens and, more importantly, as true democrats, whose main focus is the well-being of the Nigerian nation,” Muhammed said.