The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has announced a nationwide protest on February 4, 2025, to oppose the 50% hike in telecommunications service tariffs.
This follows the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) approval on January 20, 2025, allowing telecom companies to increase their service charges by 50%. The decision has been widely rejected by Nigerians, including the NLC.
In a statement on Wednesday, the NLC vowed to shut down the country in protest, emphasizing that the hike would worsen poverty levels. The decision to proceed with the demonstration was reached at the ongoing National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting of the union.
The NLC had earlier, on January 22, condemned the tariff increase, calling it an attack on workers’ welfare amid severe economic hardship.
“This decision, coming at a time when Nigerian workers and the masses are grappling with unprecedented economic hardship, is a clear assault on their welfare and an abandonment of the people to corporate fat cats,” the statement by NLC president, Joe Ajaero partly reads.
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