APC chieftain appeals to Labour against strike

A member of the National Caucus of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Sam Nkire, has appealed to labour unions to reconsider their threat to go on strike and shut down Nigeria due to the fuel price increase.
Reacting to the threat by the Nigerian Labour Congress in particular, the APC chieftain said his party regarded the organised labour as partners in progress and wondered why the NLC should not support any government policy that would lead to eventual recovery of Nigeria’s economy.
Chief Nkire said although everyone in the country, including APC members, was feeling the pinch of the fuel price increase, it was a bitter pill we must all swallow for things to get better.


He appealed to every Nigerian, including members of the labour unions, to give President Muhammadu Buhari a chance to govern and not constitute a clog in the wheel of progress.
According to Chief Nkire, the fact President Buhari had proposed several palliative measures in the 2016 budget shows that he feels the pains of Nigerians and that he is determined to end it.
The Abia State-born politician added that neither President Buhari nor the ruling party, APC, would do anything to inflict unnecessary pain on the masses, “knowing full well that APC is a party owned and supported by the masses”.
He hoped that the NLC and the Trade Union Congress would not only give this regime a chance but support it to fix Nigeria’s economy once and for all.