Joe Ajaero, the President, Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday during a nationwide protest over the the hardship, handed over their letter of demands to the National Assembly.
The Informant247 gathered that the demands include the full implementation of the welfare provisions, employment generation, immediate subsidy to farmers, immediate subsidy to farmers to boost agricultural production, and fixing the four refineries, among others.
Ajaero, while handing over the letter to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labour, Employment, and Productivity, Senator Diket Plang, on Tuesday at the National Assembly, said Nigerians embarked on the peaceful protests because there was hunger in the land, adding that “Nigeria is becoming like Zimbabwe.”
Ajaero, while admitting that the minimum wage negotiation has started but the amount was yet to be decided, added that the protest would serve as a signal to the FG to tackle the challenges bedevilling the country immediately.
Plang, after receiving the letter, assured the protesters that the demands of the NLC would be looked at and discussed immediately.
The NLC and other related unions commenced national planned protests on Tuesday over the high cost of living, inflation, insecurity, and hardship in the country.
The unions involved are the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, FCT Council, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Nigeria Union of Teachers, and Construction Workers’ Union, among others.
The protesters were seen carrying placards such as #End Poverty and Hunger. Support Local Industries#; Fix Local Refineries End Subsidy#; #End Naira Devaluation; Tax the Rich Subsidise the poor# to make their grievances known on the current economic hardship nationwide.