The Nigeria Labour Congress National President, Joe Ajaero alondside its members, on Wednesday morning assembled at the Unity Fountain at Abuja for a “peaceful protest”.
Affiliated unions of the NLC and the TUC including the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), the National Union of Electricity Employees of Nigeria (NUEE), National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) also joined the nationwide protest.
Labour National President, Joe Ajaero, told journalist at the venue that there is “nothing stopping the protest, not even an overture from the government”.
Ajaero said the response from the states will determine “whether the protest will be from today, or tomorrow or next or till thy kingdom come, it is not by using force”.
“We are here for the protest and to make a statement that since we started negotiation, that there is nothing we have in our hands,” he said.
The protesters thereafter matched to the National Assembly and the Three Arms Zone (entrance to the Presidential Villa) where the labour leaders said they would deliver their messages to the government.
