Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) assembled at the NLC Secretariat in Abuja ahead of a nationwide protest against rising insecurity across the country.

Among those present were the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, alongside civil society allies, including Omoyele Sowore and members of the Revolution Now Movement.

Security personnel, comprising the police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and officials of the Department of State Services (DSS), were also deployed to the area.

Ajaero reiterated that the planned protest remained sacrosanct, describing it as a means of drawing attention to the damaging effects of insecurity on the nation. He said insecurity was discouraging investment and worsening economic hardship.

According to him, the protest is aimed at awakening the government to its responsibility to address insecurity, banditry, kidnapping, and other social challenges confronting the country. He noted that workers and their families are among the most affected, citing cases of teachers and other workers being killed or kidnapped.

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Ajaero called on the government to intensify efforts to identify and prosecute those responsible, stressing that banditry and kidnapping for ransom are alien to Nigeria’s value system.

He urged Nigerians to collectively condemn such acts and support measures to end insecurity, warning that the situation is placing unbearable financial and emotional strain on workers nationwide.

Source: Channels