The National Assembly (NASS) complex’s first gate was torn down by demonstrators on Wednesday morning, and they pushed their way inside, intensifying the organised labour protest against the “anti-people” policies of the President Bola Tinubu administration.
Senators promptly entered a closed-door session as the demonstrators went to the second gate of the NASS Complex.
The Organised Labour including the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and their affiliate unions, today, kicked off a protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, and other states of the Federation including Lagos, Abia, Plateau, Kaduna, Kano, Rivers, Zamfara, Katsina, Cross River, Ebonyi, Enugu, Kwara, Ogun, Imo, Ondo, and Edo.
The protesters in their hundreds convened at the Unity Fountain from where they marched to the NASS Complex.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio is expected to address the protesters ahead of today’s screening of ministerial nominees.
Earlier, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, told the media at the Unity Fountain that there is “nothing stopping the protest, not even an overture from the government”.
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He said that the Organised Labour won’t shelve the protest until there is a desired response from the government.
Ajaero said the response from the states will determine “whether the protest will be from today, or tomorrow or next or till thy kingdom come, it is not by using force”.
