Subsidy removal: Steer clear of strike — NECA warns private sector workers

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has warned workers in the private sector not to participate in the planned industrial action by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria over the increase in fuel price.
In a statement, Sunday, the Director-General, NECA, Mr. Olusegun Oshinowo, warned the labour unions not to impose their positions on other stakeholders but rather focus on how to improve the welfare of their members through discussions on appropriate wages.
Oshinowo enjoined the private sector employees to “ignore any directive from the NLC/TUC and should go about their normal duties.”
He reminded the private sector workers to understand that it was in their interest and that of their employers to ensure and sustain business survival as their wages were not dependent on government’s budgetary appropriation or monthly allocations.
Oshinowo warned that their involvement in the planned industrial action would jeopardise their jobs and income security.
“Beyond applying the law of no work, no pay, employers will take strong exception to any employee that fails to report for work as from Wednesday,” he added.
He averred that the policy was a crucial first step in the resolution of the perennial dependence of the country on imported petroleum products.
A faction of the NLC had warned the Federal Government to reverse the pump price of petroleum to N86 before midnight on Tuesday or face an industrial action.
Speaking at a press briefing on Saturday, the President of the faction, Joseph Ajaero, demanded for a meeting of all stakeholders, comprising the unions in the oil and gas sector and the NLC faction if it planned to take action that would have impact on all Nigerians.