The organised labour said the federal government is deluding Nigerians over its claim to cushion the troubling effects of the oil subsidy removal.
The assertion followed purported failure of the Presidential Steering Committee on subsidy palliatives to attend Friday’s meeting with the organised labour.
The latter, according to report walked out of the Villa venue due to absence of the federal government’s team including the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila.
The situation led an unnamed labour leader to conclude that the government was taking Nigerians for a ride saying in an interview with Daily Trust, “They are not prepared for the meeting. That’s the truth. The government representatives had insisted that the meeting should proceed even though no quorum was formed.
“They are using cover to deceive Nigerians. There are supposed to be three subcommittees, mass transit subcommittee, the CNG, and the cash transfer, to brief us, the steering committee but government was not prepared for the meeting.
“In their introductory remarks they made excuses and they wanted the meeting to continue, the meeting did not form a quorum. We are a people that operate on the basis of process. So, if there’s no quorum in a meeting what do you do? You will adjourn for lack of quorum.
“There was nobody to meet with. The Chief of Staff was not there, they are taking us children.”
