The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to hold a nationwide anti-telecom tariff hike protest on Tuesday, February 4.
It was reported that the nationwide protest was agreed on at the National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting of NLC.
It is aimed at sounding a note of warning to the government that workers would resist the planned hike as it would worsen the poverty level across the country.
Recall NCC had approved a 50% tariff increase for mobile network operators which prompted a rejection by the NLC, on January 22.
According to NLC, the 50 percent tariff hike approval, “at a time 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.”
