The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it has suspended its second day nationwide streets protest over hunger and economic hardship in the country.

Its president, Mr Joe Ajaero, in a communique after its National Executive Council(NEC) meeting on Tuesday, said the decision was taken by the NLC National Executive Council after it reviewed the effectiveness of the first day of the nationwide protest, subsuming that the objectives of the two-day protest had already been achieved on the first day.

Ajaero also said the NLC had extended the Seven-day ultimatum given to government to implement all the earlier agreement of  October 2, 2023, by another seven days and would now expire on March 13.