Labour Party Working Together With NLC To Destabilize Tinubu’s Government – Bayo Onanuga

According to Bayo Onanuga, the Nigeria Labour Congress’ (NLC) planned protest is a plot by Peter Obi’s Labour Party to topple the Tinubu administration.

Mr. Onanuga accused NLC leader Joe Ajaero of acting out the Labour Party’s plan to use protests to topple the Tinubu administration in a statement posted on his social media platforms.

“I just advise the intelligent workforce and the Nigerian people to disregard Ajaero and those of his caliber. He is acting out the opposition Labour Party’s plan to undermine the fledgling Tinubu administration while playing the political game, Mr. Onanuga wrote.

Mr Onanuga’s statement comes as a response to planned protest by the NLC against fuel pump price increment. 

On Friday, the NLC announced its decision to “embark on a nationwide action and withdrawal of services, against the fraudulent increase in the price of fuel across the thirty-six states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the FCT.” 

Mr Tinubu, in his inaugural speech on May 29, said “subsidy is gone”. His pronouncement triggered panic across the country as citizens rush to buy fuel while oil marketers suddenly increase pump price. 

On May 31, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced pump price increment that saw petrol price skyrocket from N195 to N540 nationwide.