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NLC Denies Withdrawing From Planned Protest, Stands In Solidarity With The People

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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero, .

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has denied reports that it has pulled out from the planned nationwide protest against economic hardship and bad governance, saying it was patently false as the congress stands in solidarity with the Nigerian people.

This was contained in a statement signed by the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, titled, ‘The Nigeria Labour Congress cannot withdraw from a protest that it did not organise.’

The statement partly read:

“A news report of the withdrawal of the Nigeria Labour Congress from the widely discussed national protest has been brought to our attention. The Nigeria Labour Congress debunks such a story as patently false.

“The truth is that the Nigeria Labour Congress cannot withdraw from a protest that it did not organise. It is only the organisers of the speculated national protest that can decide to pull out or continue with the protest,” Ajaero said.

He explained that the NLC has internal trade union mechanisms, especially leadership decision-making processes, and that its industrial actions such as protests pass through before such activities are undertaken.

Ajaero clarified that the fact that the Congress is not the body organising the protest does not mean that it was oblivious to the dire living conditions Nigerians have been subjected to by the harsh economic policies of the government.

The Nigeria Labour Congress stands in solidarity with the Nigerian people in these very trying and excruciating times, he stated.

He implored the government to listen to the cries of the people and do the needful.

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