{"id":113377,"date":"2024-07-23T04:36:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T03:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113377"},"modified":"2024-07-23T04:36:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T03:36:12","slug":"nlc-to-tinubu-invite-organizers-of-national-protest-for-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nlc-to-tinubu-invite-organizers-of-national-protest-for-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"NLC to Tinubu: Invite organizers of national protest for dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has advised President Bola Tinubu to invite the leadership of the organizers of the looming protest for discussions on their grievances.<\/div>\n
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\nThe NLC in a statement entitled, \u201cMr President should listen to the cry of the people,\u201d signed by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, said that millions of Nigerians are not happy over the hardship in the country.<\/p>\n

The Labour Movement noted with dismay that with the current economic reality in the country, many families cannot afford one square meal in a day.<\/p>\n

The statement reads in part: \u201cAs the date for the widely reported national protest looms, the Nigeria Labour Congress urges President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to invite the leadership of the protest movement for discussions on their grievances.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is that millions of Nigerians are angry about the state of the national economy. A situation where most Nigerian families are forced to eat one miserable meal a day and eating from the dustbin is now seen as luxury beckons for serious intervention by government.<\/p>\n

\u201cCorroborating a recent country living standards index assessment by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which established that about 133 million Nigerians live below extreme poverty lines, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) posits that in the first three quarters of 2024, about 32 million Nigerians have been exposed to acute hunger.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen this statistics is added to the millions that are being recruited into the armies of the unemployed and under-employed Nigerians, one can easily situate the hardship, pain, frustrations and despair that many Nigerians are going through right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is that Nigerians have been hard pushed and super pressed right against the walls of deep deprivation and acute want.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is, therefore, condescending and dismissive to describe the daily brutish ordeal that Nigerians are going through as a sponsored political dissent. Even if it is so, it is still within the confines of citizens\u2019 rights to protest on political grounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust that the current unease in the country does not need political motivation to spark and splurge. All that the hurting citizens demand from their government is a listening ear and an empathetic heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe, that is what the organisers of the protest are looking for given their continued notices on different social media platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NLC further said, \u201cIt is very difficult to tell a Nigerian who has lost his or her job due to the current economic downturn to maintain their cool. It is very tough to advise a nursing mother who is unsure where the next meal for her suckling child to be at ease.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a herculean task to demand patience from a youth who has been out of school for the past six years without a job and is burdened with aged parents to cater for. During this very difficult times, the right of Nigerians to complain must be fully respected.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Organised Labour movement led by the Nigeria Labour Congress has had cause in recent times to protest against the crushing suffering in the land brought about by the harsh economic policies of government including the astronomical hike in the price of refined petroleum products, the increase in the cost of electricity cum the unavailability of the same, the unconscientious raise and duplication of user access charges to most public utilities including hospital treatment, water, waste disposal and general spike in the cost of living.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the well-considered position of the Congress that bellicosity and hostility towards the protesters and other aggrieved Nigerians do not offer any tangible remedy either to the pain endured by the populace or the frustrations of having so little in a country where a few privileged persons are living in obscene luxury especially at the expense of the majority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are dire times. Nigerians are angry. The times require government to \u201cjaw jaw\u201d and not \u201cwar war\u201d with Nigerians. The truth is that you cannot smack a child and at the same time ask the child not to cry. A stitch in time might still save nine! Solidarity Forever!\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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