Ajaero urged Nigerians to ignore those saying the NLC had shifted position on the proposed nationwide protest.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that its plan to go on with the proposed nationwide protest from Wednesday, August 2 has not changed.
NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made this known in a statement on Tuesday made available to TheNiche following a meeting with the Federal Government in Abuja.
Ajaero urged Nigerians to ignore those saying the NLC had shifted position on the proposed nationwide protest.
The statement said, “We want to inform all Nigerians that we have just risen from a meeting with the Federal Government where we sought to get them to listen to the demands of the people and workers of Nigeria.
“The outcome of this meeting earlier today has however not changed anything or the course which we have set for ourselves tomorrow as custodians of the interests and desires of Nigerian workers and people.
“Nigerians are advised to ignore the work of fifth columnists who are working hard against the wishes of the people. We urge everyone to gather in our respective states and wherever we may be across the nation to give vent to this collective resolve. Once again, the nationwide mass protest will start tomorrow.”
Ajaero listed the NLC’s demands, including reversal of all anti-poor policies, as earlier communicated to the government.
Earlier, Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, said the Federal Government was confident the labour unions would call off their proposed strike scheduled to begin on Wednesday.
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Gbajabiamila stated this while briefing reporters after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the unions in Abuja.
He said the unions had accepted the proposal for palliatives announced on Monday by Tinubu in a nationwide broadcast.
‘’We appealed to labour to call off their strike tomorrow. And they all agreed that Mr President’s broadcast was a welcome development and they will go back home to talk to the leaders that are not here today.
‘’So, we are hopeful that they will do the needful and call off the strike tomorrow,’’ Gbajabiamila said.