The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has asked the federal government to reverse all policies that have resulted in the economic crisis the country was facing, even as police detectives and other security agents, on Wednesday night, raided the Labour House, NLC Headquarters in Abuja.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday, urged the federal government to reverse all policies that have resulted in the economic crisis the country was currently facing.
It also asked the government to set up an independent panel to investigate the killing and maiming of #BadGovernance protesters.
According to NLC, its NEC meeting resolved to declare a day of mourning in honour of those who were maimed and lost their lives in the ongoing nationwide protests.
In a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, NLC urged the federal government to reverse all ill-conceived policy measures and implement policies that prioritise the welfare of the people, create jobs, and ensure fair distribution of resources.
The communique jointly signed by NLC president Joe Ajaero and General Secretary Emmanuel Ugboaja urged the government to implement immediate relief measures to alleviate the suffering of workers and the general populace.
The required measures, according to the Labour movement, included the provision of direct food aid, subsidies on essential commodities, and other social safety nets in a way that it would reach the people and not be hijacked by politicians.
But police detectives and other security agents, on Wednesday, raided the Labour House, NLC Headquarters in Abuja.
Eyewitness said security agents were sighted on the second floor of the building ransacking offices, after which they carted away packs of documents.
Although the motive for the action of the security agents was still unknown, a source at the Labour House told THISDAY on Wednesday night that the security men were after one of the tenants in the building – a foreigner whose office was on the second floor.
The source suggested that the raid on the man’s office might not be unconnected with the investigation into sponsorship of the #EndBadGivernabce protest.
Reacting, however, the NLC has asked the federal government to order an immediate withdrawal of a troop of armed security agents from the Labour House
In a statement by NLC Head of Media and Publicity, Benson Upah, the Labour movement said: “We demand the immediate withdrawal of the troop of invading security agents from the premises of the Labour House, Abuja.
“We also demand that all the books and materials carted away by the invading security operatives should be returned unfailingly to where they were taken from before the end of work tomorrow, 8th August 2024.”
Narrating the incident, NLC said, “This evening at about 8.30pm long after the close of work, a troop of heavily armed security operatives invaded the Labour House, Central Business District, Abuja which serves as the National Headquarters and Secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
“The security operatives, some from the Nigeria Police Force, some wearing black tee-shirts presumably from the Department of State Services (DSS), and others on outright mufti swooped on the 10th Floor of the NLC and arrested the security operative on duty and then commandeered him to the second floor where he was asked to produce the keys to the offices.
“When he told them that he had no such keys on him, they broke into the floor and ransacked the bookshop on the 2nd floor carting away hundreds of books and other publications. The invading troop claimed that they were looking for seditious materials used for the #EndBadGoveranance Protests.”
NLC said that the armed security operatives showed no legal document permitting them to invade the premises of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the ungodly hours of the night.
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