The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has restrained organised labour from embarking on a nationwide strike over the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol.
Justice O.Y. Anuwe made the declaration in a ruling on Monday, June 5.
The workers had fixed Wednesday, June 7, for the commencement of a nationwide strike over the removal of fuel subsidy.
It would be recalled that President Bola Tinubu at his inauguration as Nigeria’s President on May 29, declared that “fuel subsidy is gone”, a pronouncement which triggered a hike in the pump price of price and extended more economic hardship to Nigerians.
The pronouncement has however generated debates, with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) insisting on the old pump price.
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