NLC Kwara State Urges Unions to Avoid Nationwide Protests Over Violence Fears

Date: 2024-07-31

According to a news report from News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kwara State has called on its affiliate unions to distance themselves from the nationwide protests scheduled to begin on 1 August, citing concerns that violent elements could hijack the protests.

The NLC made this announcement on Tuesday, stating it would not participate in the protests being organised by some Nigerians in response to hardship and poor governance in the country.

In a statement signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Muritala Olayinka and Isiah Eigege respectively, the NLC expressed regret over the state of the Nigerian economy. The union urged the government to engage in dialogue with the protest organisers to address the nation's challenges.

The NLC also conveyed its willingness to mediate between the public and the government to promote restraint. It encouraged protesters to seek alternative means of engaging the government, particularly through round table negotiations, rather than resorting to planned protests.

“We note with deep concern the public outcry about the devastating hardship in Nigeria.

“We are also obsessed with the anticipated consequences of the protest which may be exacerbated or degenerated by unscrupulous group of people who do not mean well for Nigeria.

“The people of Kwara State are known as peaceful group of people. We pray that the peace should not erode us this time,” the statement emphasized.

It said that protest is a fundamental right of people under the Constitution but development can only be guaranteed under a peaceful atmosphere.

The statement asserts that the NLC, as an umbrella body of all the workers in the country, has a progressive record which is evident in its years of struggle for the welfare of Nigerian workers.

“We have listened to the people's indignation in the recent days, which is caused by the socio-economic hardship in the country.

“We have also resolved to mediate between the masses and the government with a view to achieving restraint in order to find an alternative means of engaging the government rather than the planned protest.

“It is in light of above that we call on government to reach out to the organizers of the protest for a dialogue to address the challenges of the moment,” the statement announced.

It says Kwara NLC is not the organizer of the protest and is not going to be part of it.

“In a similar way, we urge our affiliate unions to dissociate themselves from the planned protest as fear of the protest being hijacked by hoodlums is central in our mind as organized labour,” the statement said.

(NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwarareports     Ajase-Ipo     Kolawole Akande     Fatimat Saliu     Ibrahim Jawondo     Police Commissioner     Issa Oloruntogun     Mamman Saba Jibril     Mustapha Olanipekun     Aliyu Umar     KFA     Kazeem Adekanye     Olatunde Jare     Patience Jonathan     JSSCE     Mamatu Abdullahi     Ahman Pategi University     2023 Elections     Kaiama     Offa Poly     General Hospital, Offa     Magaji Nda     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Obayomi Azeez     Ilorin.Info     Suleman Abubakar     Shagari     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Odolaye Aremu     CUTI     National Broadcasting Commission     FOMWAN     Kemi Adeosun     Amos Bajeh     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Offa     Saka Saadu     March 18     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Okanlawon Taiwo     Sidikat Alaya     Emir Of Lafiagi     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Iponrin     Local Government Pension Board     Ilorin West     Kola Bukoye     Na\'Allah     Seed Technologies     Hussein Olokooba     Ethical College     Alabere     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Saliu Oluwole     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Bayo Onimago     Kwara Politics     Mahee Abdulkadir     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Abdullahi Atanda     Balogun Gambari     Mansur Alfanla     Osuwa     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     All Peoples Party     KWTV     Atunwa     Earlyon Technologies     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Sheikh Ariyibi     Bio Ibrahim     SSUCOEN     Kisra     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Kwara NIPR     TIIDELab     Onikijipa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Federal Allocation     Tinubu     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Olugbense     Idris Garuba     All Peoples Party     Lai Mohammed     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     20 Billion Bond     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     RTEAN     CCEPE     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Kemi Adeosun     NNPP     Kwara United     Afolayan     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Akume     Abdulwahab Ololele     Kola Shittu     Kolo     Orisun Igbomina     Bola Shagaya     Maigida Soludero Transit     Moshood Mustapha     Emir Of Shonga     Kale Bayero     Riskat Opakunle     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Abubakar Imam     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Amos Bajeh     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Ijagbo     Emmanuel Bello     Deji Ajani     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Women Radio     Imam Gambari     Yusuf Aiyedun     Iyeru Grammar School     Abubakar Usman Jos     Henry Makinwa     Omotoso Musa     Adeniyi Ojo     Apado     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Adeola Abraham     Bayo Onimago     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Segun Olawoyin     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Moro     Oko     Ahmad Uthman     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Mazars Consulting     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Ariyo     Kale Belgore     Sherif Shagaya     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Oke-Ero     Muritala Awodun     Jawondo     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Tunji Folami     T And K FOODS     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Dasuki Belgore     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Shehu Adaramaja     Patience Jonathan     Kabir Shagaya