Breaking: NLC suspends nationwide protest, extends ultimatum to FG

 

The nation wide protests organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that were earlier on Tuesday held in several federation states have been put on hold.
In a statement following the National Executive Council meeting, Labour claimed that the protest's first day of action had met its goals.
"Hence, NEC-in-session resolved as follows: to suspend street action for the second day of the Protest having achieved overwhelming success thus attained the key objectives of the 2-day protest on the first day," the bulletin states in part.

Recall that the elimination of the gasoline subsidy has caused economic hardship, rising inflation, food inflation, a forex problem, and a high cost of living in Nigeria, all of which have sparked protests in some regions of the nation.
On Monday night, the NLC insisted that the demonstration would go forward, so the presidency invited labor leaders to a last-minute meeting that resulted in deadlock.
However, the National Labor Council (NLC) shut down business operations throughout the nation on Tuesday. According to labor leader Joe Ajaero, the demonstration was about hunger rather than merely calling for a revision of the minimum wage.
"You have to understand it," Ajaero remarked. The topic of this protest is hunger. And those who don't have a job? When will the minimum wage be implemented? When is it going to be put into practice? What minimum pay will be necessary to end hunger?

The communiqué went on to say that "street action was suspended for the second day by the highest organ of the NLC."