The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has alleged that the State has perfected plans to launch attack against the two-day nationwide peaceful rallies it scheduled for February 27 and 28.
NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, who insisted that the NLC and civil society allies were moving ahead with the protest rallies against economic hardship and insecurity, made the allegation in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, noting that one of the groups being primed to attack the peaceful rallies is by a vague name, Nigeria Civil Society Forum (NCSF).
Ajaero advised the State to put on its thinking cap and find solutions to the pains it continues to cause the people, but if it is irrevocably set on the path of violence against them, there will be a total shut down via withdrawal of services by workers.
In a swift response, however, the Federal Government has denied the allegation describing it as “speculative” to cover up the NLC’s hidden agenda influenced by partisan considerations.
Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy a said the planned protest is illegal as it is against a subsisting order of court, while adding that most of the issues raised by labour for embarking on the protest had been addressed by the government.