The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its deliberate nationwide protest towards the 50% enhance in telecommunications tariffs, following a gathering with authorities representatives on Monday.
The protest, which was initially scheduled to happen on February 4, has been placed on maintain for 2 weeks, pending the result of a committee set as much as evaluation the tariff hike report.
Based on NLC President, Joe Ajaero, the federal government has agreed to determine a 10-member committee, comprising 5 members from all sides, to evaluation the tariff construction and suggest options that handle the issues of each telecom operators and shoppers. The committee is anticipated to submit its findings inside two weeks.
Ajaero said, “We emphasised that the NLC is the most important organisation in Africa, and no stakeholder session can exclude us and nonetheless stand.
“On that foundation, they agreed to type a broader committee to make sure a good and inclusive Treaty to have a look at all the tariff construction as a mannequin to come back out with a practical and all-inclusive Treaty.
“So the committee will likely be made up of 5 representatives, from each side and anticipated to come back out with a end result after two weeks.
“That may decide the subsequent line of motion and the method of engagement. The symbolic motion of submitting the letters tomorrow will likely be placed on maintain till the result of such a committee.
“The result of such a committee is what is going to decide our subsequent line of motion when it comes to protest, when it comes to boycott, and when it comes to even withdrawal of companies, that are the three points we put on-line.”