Solidarity in Action as NLC, Other Unions Defy FG Warnings, Take to Streets Across Country The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and its affiliate unions on Tuesday defied warnings by the Federal Government and took to the streets of major cities in the country to protest against the failure of the Federal Government to resolve the
Solidarity in Action as NLC, Other Unions Defy FG Warnings, Take to Streets Across Country
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and its affiliate unions on Tuesday defied warnings by the Federal Government and took to the streets of major cities in the country to protest against the failure of the Federal Government to resolve the five-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
Specifically, the NLC said the money the two major political parties – the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP – generated from the sale of forms to aspirants could address ASUU’s demands.
In Akwa Ibom, Uche Nweke who represented the NLC National Chairman, Ayuba Wabba, faulted excuses that there were no funds to meet the demands of the university workers.
Apart from Akwa Ibom, other states which witnessed protests included Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Kwara, Enugu, Benue, Sokoto, Lagos and Plateau.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, last week had claimed that a security report also sent to his office by the Department of State Services, strongly warned against holding the protest.