Murtala Ajaka
Murtala Ajaka, governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Kogi governorship election of November 2023, has asked the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its proposed nationwide mass protest.
NLC has announced a two-day warning protest against the rising cost of living in the country. The protest will be held on February 27 and 28.
In a statement on Sunday, Ajaka, a former deputy spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the protest would worsen the situation and heighten insecurity in the country.
“I dutifully join other patriots in identifying with the concerns of fellow Nigerians over the prevailing economic hardship in our dear country; and also to offer counsel to the Organised Labour Movement led by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) against embarking on their proposed national strike,” the statement reads.
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“The decision to go on strike if not revisited, could trigger precipitous consequences in the forms of exacerbation of the current quagmire and an escalation of criminality and attendant insecurity which are predictable recipes for the breakdown of civil order.
“This is due to systemic institutional adjustments by the government that are geared towards revamping our abyss-bound economy.
“It is a global experience that the pain we confront now is the immediate shock that logically attends such redemptive economic policies.
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“Truly, all Nigerians including my humble self are groaning under the excruciating torment of this harsh existential reality but on the flip side, it is a call to patriotic understanding so that our reactions do not undermine the unity and security of the country.”
Ajaka said NLC should give the federal government till May 29, 2024, when it would have marked one year in office.
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