Tension, anxiety as protesters pull down national assembly gate

  • Members of organised labour protesting against the removal of the fuel subsidy have broken down the gate of the national assembly complex and gained entrance into its premises
  • The security operative at the entrance could not stop the aggrieved union who entered the assembly premises to sing songs of solidarity
  • Joe Ajaero, the president of the NLC, has declared that no going back on the union’s plan to embark on a nationwide protest over the fuel subsidy removal

FCT, Abuja – Organised labour across Nigeria on Wednesday, August 2, embarked on a nationwide protest over what they described as the “anti-masses policies” by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.

Part of their complaints was the challenges that come with the fuel subsidy removal by President Tinubu, BBC Pidgin reported.