The nationwide protest called by the labour is currently going on in Abuja, Kwara, Osun, Kano, Lagos, Kaduna, Delta and Bayelsa States.
In Abuja, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajero with other officials first assembled at the Unity Fountain for the protest.
Other labour leaders at the fountain Unity include the National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Muhammed Ibrahim, representatives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, National Union of Road Transport Workers, among others.
The Nigerian police in the federal capital also morning embarked on a show of force around the Federal Ministry of Justice where officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress, representatives of the Civil Society alongside other concerned citizens are currently protesting “anti-people” policies that were rolled out by the President Bola Tinubu administration.
Police patrol vans and officers with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps move around the Unity Fountain, FMOJ among other strategic points.
The protesters in Abuja matched towards the federal Secretariat while also blocking major roads.
The angry protesters in Abuja reportedly pulled down the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja and streamed into the premises.
Tis followed security agents’ refusal to open the gate when Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress asked security operatives stationed at the legislative building to open the gates
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE reports soldiers mounted a road block at Kugbo Mechanic village located between Abuja and Nyanya, causing a traffic gridlock.
The soldiers who reduced the road to a one-lane passage neither searched vehicles, but just passed them.
The Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbotekun on Tuesday ordered the beefing up of security nationwide towards today’s labour protest. He, however, assured of adequate protection during the protest.
Lagos protesters converged on the Ikeja under-bridge in Lagos to begin their match within the city.
Last Wednesday, NLC issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government to reverse all “anti-poor” and “insensitive” policies.
The union also called on civil society organisations (CSOs) and its councils across the states to join in the August 2 nationwide rally to protest the soaring cost of living in the country.
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) took to the streets of Kano in a massive but peaceful protest against the removal of subsidy.
The demonstrators converged on the Kano State Library complex before marching toward the Kano State Government House gate, demanding that authorities suspend the removal of fuel subsidy.
The protesters singing solidarity songs while marching, carried placards with various inscriptions which read: “End fuel price increase, “Fix local refineries, “stop naira devaluation.”
The Chairman of NLC, Malam Kabiru Inuwa, while briefing Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf at the entrance of the government house, Kano, called for immediate reversal of all anti-poor government policies, including the recent hike in fuel prices, school fees and the Value Added Tax (VAT).
In Osogbo, capital of Osun State, different labour groups on Wednesday held separate protests against the removal of subsidy on petrol.
The faction led by the caretaker chairman of the NLC in the state had assembled at Freedom Park Osogbo, while members of Trade Union Congress led by Adebowale Adekola, had assembled at the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo.
The Osun Civil Societies Coalition, joined by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and National Union of Electricity Employees, held another protest march through major streets in Osogbo.
In Kwara State, the protesters were seen on Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin, the state capital.
In Asaba, delta State capital, the protesters marched through the streets carrying banners some of which read “No to abnormal incessant hikes in fuel price’ “Fuel price increase! Stop naira devaluation. Pay living wage & support informal …
