Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first African-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet.
After one day of protest, the umbrella Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) called off its two-day nationwide agitation set for February 27 and 28, 2024. NLC is protesting the increasing financial difficulties and economic problems that Nigerians have been facing — especially since the Tinubu presidency removed the “petrol subsidy” in May 2023.
NLC president Joe Ajaero and its national executive council stated that the objectives of the protest were achieved on the first day.
“Consequently, 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…. However, nationwide action continues tomorrow with simultaneous Press Conferences across all the states of the federation by the state Councils of the Congress including the National Headquarters.”
The NLC NEC also noted it will “reaffirm and extend the 7-day ultimatum by another 7 days which now expires on the 13th day of March, 2024 within which the Government is expected to implement all the earlier agreement of the 2nd day of October, 2023 and other demands presented in our letter during today’s nationwide protest.”
The NLC communique stated that it will “meet and decide on further lines of action if on the expiration of the 14 days, (the) Government refuses to comply with the demands as contained in the ultimatum.”
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