Nigerian workers are to embark on a nationwide protest on February 4, 2025, against the 50% Telecom Tariff Hike in the country.
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, made the disclosure in a statement by its president, Joe Ajaero on Wednesday.
The decision of the labour union was sequel to the approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, on January 20, 2025, for telecom companies to hike services tariffs by 50 percent.
It was learnt that the nationwide protest was agreed on at the ongoing National Administrative Council, NAC, of the labour union.
The protest aims at sounding a note of warning to the government that workers would resist the hike as it would worsen the poverty level across the country.
The NLC argued that the 50 percent tariff hike approval, at a time Nigerian workers and the masses are grappling with unprecedented economic hardship, is a clear assault on their welfare.
Meanwhile, the government had repeatedly justified the 50% Telecom Tariff Hike on rising inflation which stood at 34.80 percent in December.
