Ajaero: APC group begs NLC to cancel planned strike

The Confederation of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups has urged the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to call off its planned nationwide strike.

Kailani Muhammed, the group’s Director-General, made the appeal in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday.

According to Muhammed, such planned action could disrupt the country’s entire economic and socio-democratic processes.

“We are using this forum to strongly urge the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the umbrella body of Nigerian workers, to call off its planned strike in response to the physical assault on NLC President Comrade Joe Ajaero in Imo State.”

“We believe that the NLC knows the consequences of the planned strike fully well, more than anybody else,” the secretary-general said.

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He claimed that the planned strike would be catastrophic for the country.

According to him, it could derail and stampede the Nigerian economy, causing unnecessary chaos by halting all economic activity in the country.
“The ordinary citizen, whom the NLC protects, will suffer the most.” This is due to the fact that the already high cost of goods and services will skyrocket to unfathomable levels.

“This is dangerous because they cannot be swayed by changing circumstances.” Prices in Nigeria, as we all know, never come down after they rise.

“It is given the above submissions that we are making this appeal, firstly as concerned citizens and, more importantly, as true democrats, whose main focus is the well-being of the Nigerian nation,” Muhammed told reporters.