The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has refuted claims that it withdrew from a nationwide protest scheduled for August 1st.
NLC President, Joe Ajaero, clarified the situation in a press release titled “The Nigeria Labour Congress Cannot Withdraw From a Protest That It Did Not Organise.”
Ajaero emphasized that the NLC has a structured process for organizing protests, and they were not involved in planning the August 1st demonstration. He stated that only the organizers of the protest have the authority to withdraw or proceed.
Ajaero said: “A news report of the withdrawal of the Nigeria Labour Congress from the widely discussed national protest has been brought to our attention. The Nigeria Labour Congress debunks such a story as patently false.
“The truth is that the Nigeria Labour Congress cannot withdraw from a protest that it did not organise. It is only the organisers of the speculated national protest that can decide to pull out or continue with the protest.
“Yet, the fact that the Nigeria Labour Congress is not the body organising the protest does not mean that Organised Labour is oblivious of the dire living conditions Nigerians have been subjected to by the harsh economic policies of government.”
He said the NLC is standing in solidarity with the Nigerian people in these “trying and excruciating times.”
