Leadership (Abuja)
Ayodele Samuel
31 October 2009
Lagos — Honourable Minister of Information and Communication Professor Dora Akunyili has called on Nigerians to appeal to the Labour movement to exercise utmost restraint over the protest on the proposed deregulation of the downstream oil sector.
She made this appeal in a statement made available to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND in Lagos.
She noted that this was a difficult time for our country, therefore the survival of our democracy should remain our collective responsibility. According to her, organising a national protest to drive home issues that could be resolved through constructive dialogue might create an opportunity for hoodlums to forment trouble at a time when we are managing the successful implementation of the amnesty programme in the Niger Delta, adding that the federal government remained open to negotiation, debate and constructive dialogue on the issue of deregulation.
She said that the federal government expected the organised labour to explore fully, these opportunities and engage in meaningful discussion with government to arrive at a compromise on the proposed policy.
"I, therefore, appeal once more to the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and allied unions to utilise the opportunity available for discussion with relevant government agencies to collectively define the way forward".
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