Privatise refineries and face mass revolt, Labour tells political class
Demands immediate reversal of power sector privatization, others By Victor Ahiuma-Young ABUJA- AHEAD of next week Presidential and National Assembly elections, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Tuesday in Abuja, warned the political class planning to sell the nation’s refineries to prepare for a battle with Organised Labour, saying Labour would fight any government that tried to sell the refineries to a stand still. Wabba Recall that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Abubukar Atiku, has made it clear that if elected President, privatisation of the public refineries would be his priority. However the NLC contended that what the refineries needed was not privatization, but sincere turn around maintenance to make them function and deliver services to the nation. This came as NLC called on the Federal Government to immediately reverse the power sector privatization, describing the power sector privatization as a total failure. President of ...