The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest on 27th and 28th February over the prevailing hardship, and the deteriorating security situation in the country.
During a press briefing in Abuja on Friday after an emergency meeting of the congress’ National Executive Council (NEC), NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero,
He said the protest will begin a week after the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government which will expires on 23rd February.
On 8th February, NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to implement agreements reached with workers to ease economic hardship in the country.
Ajaero said that the Federal Government should not flout the deadline of the 14-day ultimatum.
The organised labour lamented that millions of Nigerian workers are facing hunger, erosion of purchasing power and insecurity due to reforms that drove up inflation.
This followed President Bola Tinubu’s decision to scrap a popular but costly fuel subsidy last May coupled with his administration’s lifting of restrictions on currency trading, which more than tripled petrol prices.
Africa’s biggest economy is now grappling with a cost of living crisis, fueled by the highest inflation rate in nearly three decades.
The widespread insecurity has also hit agricultural output, fuelling food price inflation.
The unions in a statement, gave the government 14 days to deal with “issues crucial to the well-being of Nigerian masses and workers”.
