June 04, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government and the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), are meeting at the State House, Abuja, over the removal of fuel subsidy.
The federal government’s team is led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume. Others are the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele; former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; and the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari.
Also in the meeting are the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Zacch Adedeji; Executive Vice President, Downstream, of the NNPCL, Yemi Adetunji; former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Dele Alake; Hon James Faleke, among others.
The TUC has seven members represented at the meeting, led by their President, Festus Osifo.
Earlier, the Government held a meeting with leadership of the organised labour.
While the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) had demanded a reversal to status-quo on price of fuel before it resumed negotiations with the Federal Government, the TUC on its part, had said the outcome of Sunday’s talks will determine its next action on the increase.
