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NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="NATIONAL NEWS INDEX FOR SUN NEWS ONLINE, NIGERIA'S LEADING TABLOID DAILY NEWSPAPER."> Labour coalition asks Obasanjo to resign By BIMBOLA OYETORO, Lagos, JAMES OJO, TONY ICHEKU and GODWIN TSA, Abuja Thursday, October 7, 2004 The Nigerian Labour Congers (NLC) and other civil society groups have called for the immediate resignation of President Olusegun Obasanjo, even as they reiterated that nothing could stop the strike scheduled to begin on Monday. They made this call in Lagos just as the House of Representatives resolved to call on the executive arm of government and all agencies concerned to revert to the old prices of petroleum products, while the labour and civil society groups should sheathe their sword for a peaceful resolution of the crisis. The resolution came as the Senate Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity Wednesday held a closed door meeting with NLC President, Adams Oshiomhole, officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as well as the chairman and secretary of the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) in a bid to avert the strike which is meant to protest the latest hike in fuel prices. Others who attended the closed door meeting were the director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), and the Managing Director of the Petroleum and Pipelines Marketing Company (PPMC). The same group was summoned yesterday by the House of Representatives to appear before it Thursday. Speaking in Lagos at a special symposium organised as part of mobilisation for the strike, NLC s National Auditor, Comrade Bright Anokwuru, who represented Oshiomhole said labour and civil society groups would not engage in dialogue with government this time, as they had been deceived before. This time round, nobody is going to deceive anybody, government has deceived us in the past with pretence of dialogue, but this time, no dialogue, the action begins on Monday and no going back, Anokwuru said. He enjoined Nigerians to disregard calls against the strike and make sure that the action forces the government to heed the calls of Nigerians He noted that the mobilisation which officially began Wednesday would continue throughout the federation to enable Nigerians get proper information about what is expected of them during the strike. In his own contribution, Coordinator of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) Chima Ubani described the government of President Obasanjo as an insensitive one which was imposed on Nigerians in May 2003 and ought to be chased out. The task before us is not just talking about price reversal, we have over- flogged this in the past, but now it is on how to chase Obasanjo out of Aso Rock. We can do it, as we chased the military out. Ubani lamented that as a producer of crude oil, Nigerians must not be suffering in the midst of plenty. He, however, advised Nigerians to properly secure their neibourhood from Monday in order to make it impossible for the police to infiltrate and thereby cause unnecessary commotion. We don t want any indiscriminate killings by the police, all we want Nigerians to do is to stay at home. If possible close the gate to your respective streets, he implored. The General Secretary of the Campaign for Free Trade Union, Comrade Didi Adodo in his own speech challenged the government to use the excess crude revenue to repair the existing refineries and build others, stressing that Nigerians should no longer be made to suffer in the midst of plenty. He stated that Nigerians should wake up to their responsibility of enthroning good government. If we dare to struggle, we will dare to win, if we do not fight them, they will think we have accepted the new price, this strike is total, it is not negotiable, it is not just to revert, but Obasanjo should resign, he maintained.         HOME | ABOUT THE SUN | SPORTS | POLITICS | NEWS | COLUMNISTS | CONTACT US I ADVERT RATE © 2004 THE SUN PUBLISHING LTD. This service is provided on The Sun Newspapers' standard terms and conditions in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material and other inquiries, Contact Us.

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