The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has thrown its weight behind the ongoing protest by the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), declaring solidarity with teachers protesting the abduction of their members and students across the country.
Joe Ajaero, NLC president in a statement on Wednesday, said the union expresses “solidarity with the striking members of Nigeria Union of Teachers over the issue. and warning the federal and state governments that further inaction could trigger a broader labour response.
“The national and well-coordinated action represents the resolve of teachers to take their destiny into their own hands instead of waiting to be slaughtered to the last person,” Ajaero said.
The NUT, led by Titus Amba, grounded schools nationwide in protest against what it described as serial kidnappings of teachers and pupils by bandits.
The NLC praised the strike as a ‘gentle but unignorable nudge’ on governments to confront what it called a
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