Ayodele Olalere
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Sunday, appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its planned strike against the fuel subsidy removal saying ‘this is not the time to go on strike’.
Governor Sanwo-Olu spoke after a post-inauguration thanksgiving service at the Cathedral Church of Christ marking the end of activities to mark his second term inauguration. He was accompanied by his wife Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat and wife Oluremi Hamzat.
According to the governor, going on strike would neither address nor resolve any issue.
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“This is not the time to go on strike. Recall that all presidential candidates said the first thing they will do is remove fuel subsidies. So what has changed? What has President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said or done that is different from what others would have done? The president has not even spent one week in office. We need to be very patient and reason together. Let us not make the issue about politics, but let’s support this man. We should allow him to go and reflect,”Sanwo-Olu said.
“So I plead with the NLC to not turn the subsidy issue into a political one. The leadership should know they are leading people and so there is a need to restrain themselves. Let us be patient and work with the president. NNPC has said it has more than enough fuel to go round, so there is no need to heat up the polity. We should not get political because it is governance, and the people must see purposeful governance,” he further appeal.
