The demonstration, according to the organization, also serves to draw the government of Nigeria’s attention to the nation’s deteriorating security situation and its ongoing power crisis.
Nigeria’s organized labour movement has announced that it would stage a one-day nationwide demonstration against the federal government’s handling of the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ continuing strike (ASUU).
The demonstration, according to the organization, also serves to draw the government of Nigeria’s attention to the nation’s deteriorating security situation and its ongoing power crisis.
The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) President, Mr. Ambali Olatunji, and the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Ayuba Wabba, who revealed the plan while addressing at a one-day conference in Abuja, strongly denounced the worsening security situation in Nigeria.
Wabba, while calling on the federal government to act fast on the aforementioned issues said, “For four months and running, the children of the poor have remained at home. Today as we speak, diesel is selling for more than N800 per litre. There is no way this situation can be allowed to continue.
“So I think there’s an urgency in addressing this issue. And therefore, the central working committee decided that there will be a one-day national protest to call the attention of the government to resolve this issue immediately.”
