Tunji Wusu –
On Tuesday, irate Nigerian workers and members of civil society organizations demonstrated in protest of the hardships brought on by President Bola Tinubu’s elimination of the fuel subsidy.
Joe Ajaero, national president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), gathered there with other labor representatives for a “peaceful protest” in Abuja.
All of the aviation unions in Lagos participated in the nationwide strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress, or NLC.
Around 6:30 am, members of the aviation unions gathered beneath the Oba Akran bridge to support the national NLC body and hammer home their demands.
As of the time this article was submitted, the aviation unions were getting ready to march to Alausa, where they planned to deliver a letter of protest to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State.
The Academic Union of Universities (ASUU), the Nigerian
As early as 7 a.m. on Tuesday, protesters gathered at the Gidan Murtala, which is a short distance from Kofar Nassarawa Road and a two-kilometer drive from the Kano Municipal Local Government Council.
Police, however, seized control of the location where the demonstration had already been held when reporters got on the site.
Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Joint Action Front, and members of the Osun Civil Societies Coalition (OCSC) all demonstrated in Osogbo, the state capital, in Osun to urge the government to take immediate action to address the issues of economic hardship brought on by the removal of fuel subsidies.
The demonstrators want the government to address the difficulties Nigerians are experiencing as a result of the elimination of fuel subsidies.
“We’ve had it with corruption, we say. Enough with the commercialization of education, we say. Nigerian workers are protesting the exploitation of their position. We’ve had it with low wages that can’t even send people home. Workers are demanding an immediate end to all policies that are responsible for the incapacitation of our people and Nigerian workers.
“We are stating that all policies that are causing our people to suffer must end immediately. We are telling all policies responsible for Nigeria’s division into several factions that enough is enough. We are stating the obvious.We are here today to inform the Nigerian government of the misery experienced by the majority of Nigerians. We’ve had enough of the prolonged salary withholding for ASUU members.
Kano protesters are dispersed by police.
A protest organized by various groups in Kano to voice their discontent over the elimination of fuel subsidies was broken up by police.
The protest reportedly started before security personnel showed up.
