NLC GIVES CONDITION FOR PROTEST AGAINST FUEL SCARCITY:
In May last year when the price was moved to N145 per litre, the NLC moved to the streets and Nigerians refused to follow us. We went on the streets in Abuja and some Nigerians stoned us. Are Nigerians so quick to forget?
“Trade Union Congress (TUC) and some guys, who claimed they had another NLC and were claiming to be operating under illegal labour body, abandoned the struggle. They were hobnobbing with the federal government. They humiliated us.
“But is history kind to them today? These were comrades that sold out. Today, 18 months on, we are back to the same struggle they betrayed. We told Nigerians not to go to work, but they went.
“So, Nigerians must pay the price, and they are paying heavily for it now. The NLC has been vindicated. No one can blame us for the ongoing hardship. We called them at that time, but they said No; they went to romance with government. This is where the romance has taken them.
“It is not about the NLC not willing to lead the struggle if the need be, but Nigerians must now lead the struggle from the front. Though NLC can call a strike, NLC cannot prosecute strike or protest all alone; struggles can be prosecuted by the mass of the people.
“If Nigerians are not ready, there is no problem, but Nigerians must know that the present leadership of the NLC is ready to lead when the people themselves are ready.”
“Trade Union Congress (TUC) and some guys, who claimed they had another NLC and were claiming to be operating under illegal labour body, abandoned the struggle. They were hobnobbing with the federal government. They humiliated us.
“But is history kind to them today? These were comrades that sold out. Today, 18 months on, we are back to the same struggle they betrayed. We told Nigerians not to go to work, but they went.
“So, Nigerians must pay the price, and they are paying heavily for it now. The NLC has been vindicated. No one can blame us for the ongoing hardship. We called them at that time, but they said No; they went to romance with government. This is where the romance has taken them.
“It is not about the NLC not willing to lead the struggle if the need be, but Nigerians must now lead the struggle from the front. Though NLC can call a strike, NLC cannot prosecute strike or protest all alone; struggles can be prosecuted by the mass of the people.
“If Nigerians are not ready, there is no problem, but Nigerians must know that the present leadership of the NLC is ready to lead when the people themselves are ready.”
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