The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has staged a peaceful protest in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The members of NLC occupied the Ikeja axis of Lagos on Tuesday to ask the Federal Government to yield to the demands of ASUU over its ongoing strike embarked upon on February 14 in the country.
The police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have deployed personnel in critical infrastructure and facilities in response to the strike.
Recall that Nigeria Labour Congress had on Monday directed workers in state capitals and Abuja to join the protest.
NLC also used the opportunity to address other political and economic issues affecting the country.
Labour members, other unions, and civil society groups are gathered under the bridge axis in Ikeja.
Vehicular movements towards the protest venue have been disrupted
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.
‘One of the Placards reads ‘Stop importation of petrol revive the refinery”
Another placard read, “Reduce the cost of governance now, save the masses from poverty and hunger.”
‘One of the Placards reads ‘Stop importation of petrol revive the refinery”
ASUU and FG have scheduled another meeting for August 1st to discuss the way forward as regards the demands made by the lecturers.
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