Gbajabiamila offers NLC palliatives to avoid the strike.

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To avoid the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) strike that is expected to start on Monday, the House of Representatives has offered unions some palliative.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in a negotiation meeting with workers on Sunday in Abuja said that the palliatives would be included in the proposed budget for 2021.

Gbajabiamila said that the budget will soon be presented to the National Assembly, and stressed that some palliative measures are being considered to cushion the effects of an increase in the electricity tariff and the rise in fuel prices.

The palliative, according to the speaker, include food distribution, reduction of taxes to the minimum wage and payment of some special bonuses.

Others are involved in the ownership of housing programs through mortgages and distribution of special buses to public institutions that run on auto gas.

Gbajabiamila said that the palliatives would go a long way to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians.

He said lawmakers would also include provisions in the budget to address the deficit of eight million meters so that Nigerians can access them.

Gbajabiamila, who described the estimated turnover as a scam, said: “I’ve never heard of it anywhere in the world, so if it’s possible that we have to cover the deficit, we will have to.”

He called on workers to call off the planned strike, saying that taking industrial action at this critical time would not bode well for the public.

“You know, you cannot go on strike right now, if you go on strike, the people you think you are protecting will be the one who receives, we share your philosophy regarding workers’ rights.

“We know what Nigerians are going through, our position on electricity billing is obvious, the only thing that now is to keep talking, I am concerned about the people there.

“Closing markets, banks and other workplaces is my concern, I am concerned about people,” he said.

Gbajabiamila said that all Nigerians needed to be properly measured to capture the true cost, adding that lawmakers would consider measurement in the 2021 budget.

NLC President Ayuba Wabba said that the increase in the electricity rate and the rise in the price of fuel had eroded the purchasing power of Nigerian workers.

He said the initial plan was that there would be no increase in the electricity tariff until meters were provided for Nigerians.

Wabba praised the speaker for the intervention, adding that he had always represented the interest of Nigerians.

The president of the NLC said there was a valid court ruling nullifying the electricity tariff, adding that the ruling of the National Industrial Court requesting NLC to stop its planned strike could not be upheld.

Wabba insisted that the NLC would go ahead with the strike if the federal government did not comply with its demands before the expiration of the ultimatum.

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