{"id":355017,"date":"2025-02-07T07:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=355017"},"modified":"2025-02-07T07:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:24:15","slug":"telecom-tariff-hike-planned-strike-nationwide-protest-will-hold-tuc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/07\/telecom-tariff-hike-planned-strike-nationwide-protest-will-hold-tuc\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecom tariff hike: Planned strike, nationwide protest will hold \u2013 TUC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He explained that the TUC is not begrudging the telcos, knowing the challenges they are facing operating in the current unfriendly business environment and perilous socio-economic landscape<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) says it has not shelved its planned industrial action over the recently approved hike in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/04\/04\/why-we-increased-electricity-tariffs-federal-govt\/\">telecommunication tariffs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The union said its members will down tools and embark on a nationwide protest over the insensitive hike which it said will further worsen the living conditions of the citizens who are already grappling with severe economic hardship.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Thursday, Festus Osifo, the President of TUC, pointed out that citizens are \u201cfeeding from hand to mouth\u201d following the recent hike in telecom tariff.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed the hike on mismanagement of foreign exchange, which he believes the government can handle easily.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the TUC is not begrudging the telcos, knowing the challenges they are facing operating in the current unfriendly business environment and perilous socio-economic landscape.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, insisted that the government has the responsibility to ensure that the economic outlook of the country is stable for businesses to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cGovernment has the tools and wherewithal to be able to manage the landscape to ensure that the cost of doing business goes down. And one of the ways is that exchange rate because that is the root cause of the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked what ultimatum they are giving to the Nigerian government, he added, \u201cThe NAC [TUC, which is like the National Working Committee] has met today. After that, we\u2019ll have the Central Working Committee meeting, and we also have the NEC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo at the NEC, we\u2019ll take the final decision. So the NAC was the one that met today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll we are saying is that if you allow your currency to slide, it will affect all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe are completely apolitical. For one, I don\u2019t belong to any political party; I\u2019ve said that severally, so we look for what is in the best interest of the Nigerian workers and Nigerians in general.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started shouting about this early last year; if our exchange rate is better managed, at the end you are going to see that there is no need for that increment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the TUC is proceeding with an industrial action, he said, \u201cAbsolutely,\u201d adding that they will \u201cdown tools and go to the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the NEC of TUC has the responsibility to give a date for the strike.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that members of the Trade Union Congress are in charge of the oil sector and other sectors crucial to the running of the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He explained that the TUC is not begrudging the telcos, knowing the challenges they are facing operating in the current unfriendly business environment and perilous socio-economic landscape. 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