The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has withdrawn the suit it filed before the court to stop the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC.
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, who represented the Congress, transmitted to his clients the judgment letter. According to a letter from the Federal Ministry of Justice to them, contempt proceedings launched against the NLC for embarking on a nationwide protest last week have been overtaken by circumstances and are no longer viable.
All Legit News gathered that the ministry stated in the letter signed by the Permanent Secretary, Beatrice Jeddy-Agba, that contempt proceedings were initiated before its due consultation with President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly.
The protest by NLC and TUC is over the hike in fuel subsidy across the country.
Recall that President Tinubu had, upon his inauguration, announced that the country could no longer pay for fuel subsidy and as such it is gone. As soon as the announcement was made, the price of the fuel jumped from N190 to N500 and above.
But last week, the price increased to N600 to N700 and that was what led the NLC and TUC to embark on the protest.
The protest eventually ended on Wednesday after leaders of the Congress met with President Tinubu, who assured them that the Port Harcourt refinery will begin to function in December this year.
One of the demands presented to the new administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the NLC and TUC is that the four refineries be fixed so that Nigerians will purchase PMS at a low fee.