NLC declares two-day nationwide protest over economic hardship.

 

The leadership of the NLC has declared a two-day nationwide mass protest slated for February 27 & 28 over the biting hardship in the country. Joe Ajaero stated this at Labour House, Abuja during an ongoing press conference. It was reported on Monday that the leaders of the NLC & the TUC insisted that they would embark on strike even as they warned the President Tinubu-led Nigerian government. At a meeting between the labour leaders & officials of the Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment, headed by the Minister of State for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha on Monday, the labour leaders had said only the government could stop the planned strike by addressing the 15-point agreement reached on October 2, 2023. One of the labour leaders at the meeting had said that though the minister pleaded with the labour leaders to shelve the planned strike, stressing that the government was already addressing labour demands, the labour leaders were adamant.