 The Nigerian Labour Congress NLC has declared a nationwide strike from next Wednesday. This comes amid fuel shortage across the country, occasioned by President Boris Tinnaboo's inaugural speech in which he declared that fuel subsidy is gone. The announcement of the industrial action was made today, Friday, following a meeting of its National Executive Council meeting in Abuja over the fuel subsidy removal and subsequent hike in Palm Price of Petro. The National Executive Council comprises of all President, General Secretaries, Treasurers of the NLC, Affiliates Union, State Chairman and Secretaries of the NLC State Councils, the Chairperson of the NLC Youth Committee and members of the National Administrative Council. Here that subsidy is gone by Mr. President on the day of his inauguration, without a cabinet, without going to the National Assembly. And we are told that there was provision up to the end of June. And we didn't know whether there was payment or adjustment. And why they invited us, we met it by 2 p.m. They had NMPC, PLC as a private company went ahead to fix price and was still wondering whether it is the function of companies who are limited like little companies to fix prices of petroleum products in Nigeria. The issue of increase brings much, leaves more to be desired. In the sense that the issue of subsidy has not improved all these years. And for anybody to close that chapter is like Covered Ford. The Nigerian Liberal Congress has called the NET members to also interrogate some of these processes to know who and who are collecting the subsidy money. Very important. And how much they have collected. At least in the last eight years, because it is not enough to say subsidy or no subsidy. Because if the report we are getting on landing cost is correct, if landing cost is 30 dollars, bye bye man.