Opposition to the planned 50 per cent telecommunication tariffs hike has thickened with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, informing its affiliate unions and state councils to ensure total mobilization of workers and allies ahead of the February 4, nationwide mass protest against the planned tariffs hike.
Meanwhile, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has notified the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, of its pending suit challenging the government’s decision to approve an increase in telecommunications tariff by 50 per cent.
This came as the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, said the hike will place additional burdens on low-income earners, noting, however, that it will offer necessary relief to operators.
But the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Related Institutions, NASU, umbrella body for pro-workers civil society organisation, Joint Action Front, JAF, and the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, yesterday, called on Nigerians to join the February 4, planned protest, urging Nigerians to fully participate in any other action aimed at resisting the planned tariff hike.
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