By our Reporter
The meeting of the Presidential Steering Committee on Palliatives, which adjourned Monday morning, has reconvened at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to continue deliberations.
The committee, comprising of Federal Government representatives and the Organised Labour, adjourned on Monday to enable members, especially the Labour leaders, to listen to President Bola Tinubu‘s media broadcast.
According to the report,the committee was set up by the government to consider the proposed palliatives for workers to cushion the effect of the removal of petrol subsidy that has caused hardship to many Nigerians.
As of the time the meeting commenced, the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero was absent, leaving the Labour side to be led by the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, and NLC Secretary, Emma Ugbaja.
The meeting, which is taking place at the Conference Hall of the Chief of Staff to the President, is expected to receive briefings from the sub-committees of mass transit , CNG and conditional cash transfer.
It is also expected to consider the planned protest by the NLC expected to hold on Wednesday.
On the government’s side are the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Labour and Employment Kachollom Daju; the Special Adviser to the President on Energy Olu Verheijen; Director Budget Ben Akubeze and the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari among others
The meeting is coming 24 hours before the scheduled nationwide protest by the Organised Labour.