(BREAKING) Hardship: NLC declares two-day national mass protest

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) leadership has called for a two-day statewide mass demonstration on February 27 and 28 in response to the country’s harsh economic conditions.

Joe Ajaero made the statement during a press conference at Labour House in Abuja.

Platinum Times reported on Monday that the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) insisted on going on strike despite warning President Bola Tinubu’s government.

At a meeting on Monday between labour leaders and officials from the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, led by Minister of State for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, the labour leaders stated that only the government could halt the planned strike by addressing the 15-point agreement signed on October 2, 2023.

One of the labor leaders at the meeting stated that, despite the minister’s request to the labor leaders to postpone the scheduled strike, emphasizing that the federal government was already addressing labor demands, the labor leaders remained determined.

“We categorically told the minister and her team that our ultimatum stands. We were emphatic that only the government can stop the strike by honouring the agreement we reached on October 2, 2023.

“We cannot say the meeting was a deadlock because it has opened avenue for discussion. If the government had been opened to discussions, probably, we would not have issued the strike notice. As it is, we are not going back on the ultimatum, not with the mass suffering and poverty across the country. Well, the responsibility lies with government,” he had said.