The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has suspended its second day nationwide streets protest over the “massive suffering and hunger facing the masses and workers as a result of the policies of the government to hike the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and float the Naira.”
The suspension was announced in a communique jointly signed by NLC president, Joe Ajaero and its acting general secretary, Mr Ismail Bello, on Tuesday.
The decision was said to have been taken at the end of its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja.
At the meeting, it was said, the NLC reviewed the protest of the first day and concluded that the exercise was effective.
The communique reads in part: “NEC-in-session resolved to suspend street action for the second day of the protest having achieved overwhelming success thus attained the key objectives of the two-day protest on the first day.
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“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 labour union stated that it had extended the ultimatum given to the government to meet the demands, by another seven days.
The communique reads further:
“To reaffirm and extend the 7-days 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.
“To meet and decide on further lines of action if on the expiration of the 14 days Government refuses to comply with the demands as contained in the ultimatum.
“Once again, NEC recommits the NLC to continuing defending and promoting the interests and desires of Nigerian workers and the downtrodden masses.”
