NLC Declares 2-day nationwide protest over hardship

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a two-day nationwide mass protest slated for February 27 and 28 over the biting hardship in the country.

Joe Ajaero stated this at Labour House, Abuja, during an ongoing press conference.

The leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had on Monday insisted that they would embark on strike even as they warned the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government.

At a meeting between the labour leaders and officials of the Federal Ministry of Labour and 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.