Reno Omokri, a former presidential assistant, responded to the Nigeria Labour Congress’ (NLC) announcement of an impending strike.
Newsmen may remember that the NLC stated on Friday that a nationwide strike would start on Wednesday of the following week.
The union made the announcement at a meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
Omokri urged the NLC to be impartial in his response to the matter on Twitter.
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He claimed that some people would interpret their call for a strike as endorsing Peter Obi.
Omokri said, “The Nigerian Labour Congress should be objective. Their support for Peter Obi during the #NigerianElections2023 and the power struggle in the Labour Party between Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa may have seriously eroded their political neutrality.
“And after being partisan during the election, their call for strike action over the patriotic removal of fuel subsidy may be seen by some Nigerians as a pro-Peter Obi stance.
“As such, I call on the NLC to reconsider their decision to call a national strike. It is too early in the day. Nigeria is still in transition. Such an action might play into the hands of those saying ‘democracy is dead in Nigeria’ and put democracy in danger.”
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