Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have started converging at the union’s national secretariat in Abuja as preparations get underway for a nationwide demonstration over worsening insecurity in the country.
Reports indicate that key labour leaders are already on ground, including NLC President, Joe Ajaero. Several civil society figures and activists are also present, among them Omoyele Sowore and members of the Revolution Now Movement, showing broad-based support for the protest.
Security presence around the venue has been noticeably reinforced, with personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the Department of State Services (DSS) deployed to monitor activities.
The gathering comes barely hours after a high-level meeting between the NLC leadership and President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday night. The meeting was convened in an attempt to persuade the labour union to reconsider its planned nationwide protest against rising insecurity.
Ajaero led the NLC delegation to the State House, where they met with the President alongside several top government officials. Those present included the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma; Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo; Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris; and the Minister of State for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.
When questioned by journalists after the meeting on whether the protest would go ahead, Ajaero stopped short of giving a clear answer. He emphasized that decisions within the NLC are taken collectively and not unilaterally.
“I’m not insisting on anything,” he said. “I will communicate our position. This is not an organisation run by one person. We have engagements with the governors’ forum, and we will go back to reflect on what Mr President has told us before taking the next step.”
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Despite the talks, labour supporters have continued to assemble, signaling that the union remains firm in pressing its demands as concerns over insecurity persist nationwide.
