Ongoing NLC protests in Osun, Ondo, Kwara, Lagos

,,,,The score of protesters who stormed the street carried placards with several inscriptions such as ‘Stop importation of petrol, refine the refineries’, ‘Nigeria at 60 years of independence, more hunger in the land.

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress are protesting in Ikeja, the Lagos State capital; Kwara State gathered NLC gathered at Freedom Square, Post Office Area, Ilorin; Workers also gathered in Akure, Ondo State capital, while people gathered at Nepa office, Ogo-Oluwa Area, Osogbo the Osun State Capital among others state in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

The protest which is currently holding is also an opportunity for the NLC to bring attention to other issues affecting the nation.

,,,,,The score of protesters who stormed the street carried placards with several inscriptions such as ‘Stop importation of petrol, refine the refineries’, ‘Nigeria at 60 years of independence, more hunger in the land, etc.

Another placard read, “Reduce the cost of governance now, save the masses from poverty and hunger.”

,,,,,The nationwide protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress is in solidarity with ASUU over the strike that clocked five months on July 14, 2022.

The police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have deployed personnel in critical infrastructure and facilities in response to the strike.

The Nigeria Labour Congress had on Monday directed workers in state capitals and Abuja to join the protest.

,,,,NLC disclosed in a statement on July 17 that the protest would take place in all 36 states and the FCT.

ASUU had shut all public universities and commenced its ongoing strike on February 14, after the FG failed to meet some of its demands

…….The demands are the release of revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement, release of earned allowances for university lecturers, and deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution platform for the payment of salaries and allowances of university lecturers.