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OPS, NLC, ULC call for guided relaxation of lockdown to save economy

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OPS, NLC, ULC call for guided relaxation of lockdown to save economy  ON APRIL 26, 20207:39 PMIN CORONAVIRUS UPDATES By Victor Young  Organised Private Sector, OPS; Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, counterpart, have agreed that there is need for guided relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown. They said guided relaxation was the only way to save the economy from imminent collapse.  OPS said while businesses remain passive and unproductive with attendant mass losses of revenue, overhead costs remained. This is just as Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, counterpart, insist that the earlier the nation does a strategic relaxing of the lockdown the better for the country and its citizens.  OPS, speaking through Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA,  in a statement contended that while the government should take decisive steps to protect lives, efforts shou...