NLC Denies Being Behind Of Planned Nationwide Protest
Comrade Joe Ajero, President of Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has denied claim’s that the planned Nationwide protest is being organized by the NLC.
In a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, Ajaero also denied reports that NLC had withdrawn from the protest.
Ajaero pointed out that the union “cannot withdraw from a protest it did not organize”
He said that news report of the withdrawal of the Nigeria Labour Congress from the widely discussed national protest has been brought to their attention and declared, “The Nigeria Labour Congress debunks such a story as patently false.
“The truth is that the Nigeria Labour Congress cannot withdraw from a protest that it did not organize. It is only the organisers of the speculated national protest can decide to pull out or continue with the protest.
“The Nigeria Labour Congress has internal trade union mechanisms, especially leadership decision-making processes that its industrial actions such as protests pass through before such activities are undertaken.”
Ajero, however, advised the Federal Government to negotiate with the leaders of the protest, noting that it would be counter-productive for “the federal government to meet the widespread anger in the land with brute force.
He said: “The fact that the Nigeria Labour Congress is not the body organizing the protest does not mean that Organized Labour is oblivious to the dire living conditions Nigerians have been subjected to by the harsh economic policies of government.
“We have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to invite the leaders of the protest movement to dialogue on their demands.
“We have advised that it would be counter-productive for the government to meet the widespread anger in the land with brute force.
“Once again, we implore the Federal Government and the sub-national governments to listen to the cries of the Nigerian people and do the needful. After all, it is said that the voice of the people is the voice of God.”
