The Federal government on Monday made public the details of
its agreements with organised labour.
A statement on FG’s Twitter handle, said officials held
consultation meetings with leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade
Union Congress (TUC) on September 15, 24 and 27, 2020.
The resolutions reached included establishment of Technical
Committee on Electricity Tariff.
It is chaired by the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, and comprises ministries, agencies, NLC and TUC.
They will work over the next two weeks.
They are to examine justification for the electricity tariff
review; review the deployment of meters, and advice FG on issues hindering
implementation.
During the two-week period, DISCOs will suspend
implementation of the electricity tariff adjustments.
The statement reiterated that petrol subsidy regime has
stifled downstream sector growth.
“In addition, the dire financial circumstances of the
Federation preclude the ability to sustain any subsidy on PMS, and thus makes
the deregulation of the sector inevitable. NNPC will expedite rehabilitation of
its Refineries, with a 50% completion target for Port Harcourt by December
2021.
“NNPC will integrate national leadership of NUPENG and
PENGASSAN into the Steering Committee established to oversee the Rehabilitation
Exercise. A Validation Team comprising of Reps of @NNPCgroup, @nigeriaeiti,
@icrcng, NUPENG and PENGASSAN will be stablished to monitor the progress of the
Rehabilitation of Refineries, Pipelines and Depot Networks.
“The Federal Government will continue to facilitate
licensing and delivery of new modular and regular refineries. FG will ensure
delivery of 1 million CNG/LPG Autogas Conversion Kits, Storage Skids and
Dispensing Units under the Nigeria Gas Expansion Programme, by December 2021.
“A Governance Structure for this project will be established,
and will include Labour Representatives. FG will work to facilitate removal of
tax on minimum wage. FG will make available to Labour 133 CNG/LPG-driven Mass
Transit Buses immediately, for use in major cities nationwide, and thereafter
extend to all States and LGAs before December 2021.
“Ongoing FG Housing Initiatives will have 10 percent
allocated to Nigerian workers. Moribund National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC)
will be revived before the end of 2020, to institutionalize dialogue and engagement
on socio-economic and labour issues to forestall future crises,” it disclosed.
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