The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale has said that the NLC protests across the nation is the work of some people who seek to leverage the current situation in the country for their political aganda.
Mr Ngelale said this in an interview with TVC on Tuesday and monitored by Citizen’s Channel.
The Presidential spokesperson called the Labour protests “unnecessary” since the government has been doing everything possible to alleviate the concerns raised by labour.
According to him, “Any labour union that is speaking to the concerns of Nigerian families, the pains that are being felt by our people, is absolutely free to do so. It is right that Nigerians speak up in difficult situations.
“And the government has been doing everything possible to alleviate those concerns. But we also want to separate the legitimate concerns being expressed by some of the labour unions from people trying to leverage some of the situations in the country to achieve a political agenda.
“We have seen the Trade Union Congress pull out of the purported nationwide protest. We have seen the National Association of Nigerian Students pull out of the protest. There is no unanimity behind what the NLC is trying to do. I believe all of the legitimate concerns being raised by the unions are being tackled by the administration of President Bola Tinubu.”
