How Kano State Followed The Protests In Nigeria KANO, NIGERIA - In Kano state, the labor unions under the auspices of the Nigerian Labor Un...
How Kano State Followed The Protests In Nigeria
KANO, NIGERIA - In Kano state, the labor unions under the auspices of the Nigerian Labor Union NLC state branch followed the instructions of the national union, where its members went out for a peaceful protest to express their concern and the poor living conditions of the country's citizens. after the increase in fuel prices.
The union of workers and students during a peaceful protest is going to your seat in relation to the way the Nigerian government is showing indifference to the cost of living of the people in the country which is caused by the increase in the price of oil. due to the removal of fuel subsidies by the government.
Comrade Kabiru Inuwa, the President of the NLC in Kano and the leader of the rally said, "these things of withdrawal of fuel subsidy did not stop here, the foreign exchange market is also gone which is what is driving the price of commodities. in our markets, the issue that made the value of the Naira fall and the community entered a bad situation."
On his part, Comrade Mubarak Yerima, the leader of the TUC union of workers who work in private institutions in Kano state, stressed that they will not tolerate the way the government ignores the hardships of life, that is why the protest Today's campaign is the first step to fight against this ideology of the government.
He said, "The TUC has given the government two weeks, saying that the government must implement all the things agreed by the joint committee of the government and the workers, but then the government started to speak English and we do not speak English." not in front of us, we want to see it below."
Although, the trade unionists announced that today's demonstration is not a strike, but banks, government offices, markets and business centers in Kano have been locked since morning. until noon.
However, after the Azahar prayer, the markets were opened while traffic continued in parts of the city and around Kano, and so far people have continued with their daily activities, as usual.