NLC protest is about hunger, not minimum wage - Ajaero
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has said the nationwide protest being held across the country today Tuesday, February 27, and Wednesday, February 28, is not about the pending minimum wage but ravaging hunger across the nation.
The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, who led thousands of the workers in the Abuja protest, said the living conditions of workers have deteriorated and workers can no longer eat ordinary food items such as the popular spicy Indomie meal.
Later yesterday, the leadership of the NLC suspended the street protest scheduled to continue today.
The decision was reached after the National Executive Council (NEC) of NLC held an emergency meeting in Abuja yesterday evening.In a communique issued at the end of the meeting, NEC said it had reviewed the outcome of the first day of the nationwide protest against “massive suffering and hunger facing the masses and workers” due to the government’s policies of increasing the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and floating the Naira.
NLC President Joe Ajaero and the acting general-secretary, Comrade Ismail Bello, who signed the communique, said that the NEC-in-session was satisfied with the massive turnout and peaceful conduct of Nigerians, NLC affiliates, state councils, workers and civil society allies across the nation, who demonstrated their outrage over the hardship and suffering.
The NEC-in-session also commended Nigerian workers and masses for sending a strong message to the authorities about their united resolve to demand accountability and justice from those who occupy positions of leadership in the nation, and it believes that the message has been passed.
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