The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Delta state chapter on Wednesday stormed all the major roads in Asaba in protest against the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu without due consultations.
The protesting workers carried placards with different inscriptions showing dissatisfaction with the subsidy removal and the attendant hardship on the people, chanting solidarity songs as they marched through the streets.
Presenting their position paper to the state governor, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, at the Government House, state NLC chairman, Comrade Ofobruku, accused the Tinubu administration of insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians, especially the workers whose salaries were fixed.
Comrade Ofobruku said removing fuel subsidy without consulting the relevant stakeholders and damning the socioeconomic consequences on the already impoverished majority of Nigerians was choking, hence the protest to prevail on government to allow Nigerians, especially the workers, to breath.
NLC boss called on Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori to take the position of Delta state workers to President Tinubu and urged the Governor to urgently put in put measures that would alleviate the sufferings of the workers and Deltans in general.
Addressing the workers, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, represented by his Chief Policy Adviser, Mr. Funkekeme Solomon, thanked them for their peaceful conduct, which he said was the best way to go about their grievance.
