BREAKING: Tension Erupts as Protesters Pull Down National Assembly Gate
- Members of organised labour protesting against the removal of the fuel subsidy have broken the gate of the National Assembly complex and gained entrance into its premises
- The security operatives at the entrance could not stop the aggrieved union, which entered the assembly premises to sing songs of solidarity
- Joe Ajaero, the president of the NLC, declared that there was no going back on the union's plan to embark on a nationwide protest over the fuel subsidy removal
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FCT, Abuja - Organised labour across Nigeria on Wednesday, August 2, embarked on a nationwide protest over what they described as the "anti-masses policies" of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
Part of their complaints were the challenges that came with the fuel subsidy removal by President Tinubu, BBC Pidgin reported.
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Workers break down the National Assembly gate during a protest
Though the president has shared his plans to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal, organised labour is saying they are not enough.
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During the protest in Abuja on Wednesday, the workers pulled down the assembly gate to gain entrance into the parliament.
The security operatives who tried to block the gate could not stop the protesters from gaining entrance.
The protest took place in Abuja and other commercial cities, including Lagos, Kano, and Rivers.
Nigerian workers take protest to National Assembly
Hundreds of workers under the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) were seen going around with different placards to show their displeasure with the new government.
On Tuesday, August 1, the labour union insisted that there was retreating despite President Tinubu's broadcast on Monday, July 31, where he reeled out his plan to alleviate the poverty brought about by the fuel subsidy removal.
Many economic experts and organisations, including World Bank, have advised that if Nigeria does not end the subsidy era, the practice will end the country as it continues to borrow to pay for the subsidy.
NLC denies suspending strikes, protests, lists major demands
Legit.ng earlier reported that Joe Ajaero, the national president of the NLC, has said in a statement that there is no going back on the planned industrial action of the union.
Ajaero, in a statement he signed, said the NLC has neither reconsidered nor suspended its planned protests scheduled for Wednesday.
Earlier, the secretary of the NLC, Emma Ugbaja, hinted that the organised labour would meet with its members to decide the following line of action after meeting with the federal government team.
Source: Legit.ng
