THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to immediately address the problem of power generation, constitutional review and electoral reform, so as to ensure industrial harmony in the country.

The congress urged him to provide a desirable leadership for the country by working on these areas and ensuring they are achieved within the shortest time.

NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar gave the charge while speaking on the resolution of the Congress after its emergency Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting on the state of the nation, at the weekend.

The congress also tasked the acting president to tackle the problem of fuel scarcity, the issue of national minimum wage for Nigerian workers and curb the indiscriminate disengagement of workers in the banking sector.

The congress also urged the acting president to urgently address the problems bed-evilling the country, especially on labour issues.

Omar said: “We also urge the acting president to ensure that the ongoing electoral reforms see the light of the day b“We implore him to put necessary measures in place to check the lingering fuel scarcity because the situation has inflicted untold hardship on the workers. If the situation is left unaddressed, it is capable of impeding the existing industrial harmony in the country.”

Omar regretted that the fuel crisis was caused by few people among the oil marketers who constituted themselves into a cabal by manipulating the prices of petroleum products.

He warned: “The kind of conspiracy that led to the artificial queues must disappear within a reasonable time, but if this kind of issue continues, Labour cannot guarantee industrial harmony.”

He described as worrisome, the inability of the Yar’Adua administration to actualize the 6,000 megawatts as at the end of 2009, and urged Dr. Jonathan to tackle this problem in order to ensure rapid growth of the nation’s economy.ecause it will bring about free and fair elections for Nigerians to choose their leaders.