NLC Plans Nationwide Protest over Insecurity

…Rejects alleged move to hike fuel price

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to mobilise workers nationwide to embark on rallies with the aim of sensitising government and citizens on the need to urgently arrest the rising wave of insecurity in Nigeria.

The congress, while expressing concern over the prevailing economic difficulties in the country, also opposed any attempt by the federal government to increase the pump price of petrol just as it kicked against the recent hike in electricity tariffs charged by distribution companies (Discos).

In a communiqué at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held last Wednesday in Kano, but which was given to reporters yesterday, NLC expressed concern over what it described as the increase in the wave of insecurity in Nigeria, especially the resurgence in kidnapping for ransom, armed robbery, communal clashes and Boko Haram attacks.

It expressed worry over recent upsurge in activities of Boko Haram terrorists who recently attacked three local government areas of Borno State, namely: Gubio, Magumeri and Konduga, and the villages of Dille, Lassa, Ngurthlavu, Dagu, Yaffa, Maikadiri and Kidlindila in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of the state.

The communiqué said NLC “would convene a national security summit to dispassionately engage the current challenges of insecurity in Nigeria and proffer sustainable solutions,” adding that “prior to the proposed security summit, the NEC resolved that NLC would hold rallies across Nigeria to sensitise government and citizens on the need to urgently arrest the current drift in security.”