Prepare For a Mass Revolt- Labor to FG
The Organized Labor, has advised the Federal Government to stop its plan to sell some national assets, to avoid mass revolt and civil unrest that will be worse than the anti-SAP riots of 1989. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC; Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC; the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG; and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, all agreed to stop the government from selling off national assets.
NUPENG and PENGASSAN are already making plans to shut down the country if the government continues with the plan to sell national assets. The union said, the sales of those assets will not profit the nation but a few privileged Nigerians.
According to PENGASSAN, the planned sale of national assets is a self-destructive move that would further impoverish Nigerians. The union said the plan, meant to solve short term financial obligations, was targeted at handing over Nigerians’ collective commonwealth to a few individuals and further impoverish the rest of the people. It advised that instead of selling assets, government should look for other ways of increasing the revenue base of the country, while plugging loopholes and leakages in public finances. PENGASSAN noted that governments at all levels should reflate the economy through execution of capital projects and payment of workers’ salaries.
The Minister of Budget and Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, had earlier stated on Saturday that the Federal Government would not sell critical national assets to shore up its foreign reserves as well as have funds to retool the economy against the current downward plunge. According to him, government plans to source immediate funds to reflate the economy and implement capital projects in the 2016 budget.
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