The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has quashed reports that it reconsidered its decision concerning the ongoing protests against economic hardship in the country.
In a statement on Friday evening, August 2, the NLC also refuted claims that it suspended the demonstration.
Naturenex recalls that in July, the NLC clarified that it was not the organiser of the nationwide hunger protest that started on Thursday, August 1.
At the time, the union responded to reports which made the rounds that it pulled out of the national protest.
On Friday, August 2, 2024, two different reports surfaced. While one claimed that the labour union announced the suspension of the protest, another said the NLC ‘reconsidered’ its stance on the protest.
Now the NLC has officially responded to the rumours.
Read the NLC’s full statement below, as shared on its X page:
Naturenex reports that inspired by protests in Kenya in June that led to the government there scrapping some planned tax increases, Nigerians mobilised online to demand the reinstatement of subsidies for petrol and electricity and ease in cost of living, among other demands.
Protesters demonstrated in Abuja; the commercial capital, Lagos; and several other cities to show discontent with economic reforms that have led to rampant inflation and inflicted increasing hardship on ordinary Nigerians.
President Bola Tinubu has vowed to pursue the changes that he says are needed to keep the country afloat.
Since the start of the protest, authorities have deployed armed security personnel.
