Kwara state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and other stakeholders on Wednesday, joined the nationwide protest over the fuel subsidy removal.
It was gathered that the who took off from the Labour House at Ilorin staged a peaceful protest through Ahmadu Bello Way and later converged on the Government House.
The protesters, armed with placards of various inscriptions, chanted solidarity songs to stress their grievances over the situation, while escorted by police and other security agencies while the protest lasted.
Comrade Ahmed Olayinka, while addressing the gathering at the front of the government house, Kwara NLC chairman, urged unity against the ‘obnoxious policies’ of the federal government.
“We must be united against obnoxious policies of the government.
“This is just the beginning of the struggle which will continue as long until they reversed it.
“They are united against us and we must also be united against them. We will continue to demonstrate until the refineries are fixed and they pay living wages,” he added.
Comrade Olayinka told the newsmen after the protest, “we will await further directive from our national body on when to continue.”
On his part, the Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Kayode Alabi, while addressing the labour leaders, said the state government had rolled out several interventions to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal and it’s willing to do more to further ease the plight of the masses in line with available resources.