By Umma Mahammad Ishaq
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will consult its internal organs before taking a final decision on its planned nationwide protest, following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.
NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this in an interview with journalists after the meeting with the President in the early hours of Wednesday. The engagement, he said, lasted less than an hour and focused on issues raised by organised labour.
“We came for consultation with the President, and we are finished. So we have to go back to our meeting and then continue tomorrow. By tomorrow, we will get the outcome,” Ajaero said.
Asked whether the planned protest would still go ahead, the labour leader said no decision had been taken yet, stressing that the NLC operates through collective decision-making.
“If I’m insisting or I’m not insisting, I will communicate to you. It is not an organisation that one person rules. We’ll go back to the drawing board, digest all that Mr President said to us, and move forward from there,” he stated.
Ajaero added that the NLC’s National Executive Council and state councils would assess the assurances given by President Tinubu before announcing a final position later on Wednesday.
