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February 27, 2024

Hardship: Ahead NLC rally, protests rock Edo, Lagos, Osun.

Joe Ajaero, NLC President

Protests yesterday , grounded parts of Edo, Lagos, Osun and other states of the country as citizens kicked against economic hardship…

By Kingsley Omonobi, Victor AhiumaYoung, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Ozioruva Aliu & Shina Abubakar

ABUJA — Protests yesterday , grounded parts of Edo, Lagos, Osun and other states of the country as citizens kicked against economic hardship and called on President Bola Tinubu to address the problem of hunger in Nigeria.

The protests were organised by the Joint Action Front, JAF, the umbrella body of pro-workers civil society groups. It is a prelude to the two-day nationwide anti-hardship protest being organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which begins today.

This is coming as Force Headquarters assured, yesterday, that the Police will protect workers nationwide and warned trouble-makers against hijacking the protests. It will be recalled that human rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, had weekend written the Attorney-General of the Federation

and Minister of Justice, Kunle Fagbemi, SAN, asking him to urge Police to provide security protection for NLC members who will participate in today’s protest.

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