Members of the Nigeria Labor Congress in Anambra State are at present within the state capital, Awka, to protest the financial hardship within the nation.
The protest was led by the chairman, Humphrey Nwafor.
The protesters gathered at Aroma Roundabout in Awka on Tuesday and marched to the gate of Authorities Home within the capital.
Members of the Tutorial Workers Union of Universities, led by its Chairman, Prof. Kingsley Ubaoji, additionally participated within the protest.
The NLC State Chairman, Nwafor, in a short handle, stated the financial hardship within the nation has change into insufferable for employees and different residents.
He referred to as on the Federal Authorities to evaluation the salaries of employees to a minimal of N1.2 million, stressing that this is without doubt one of the options that may rescue employees from the present state of affairs within the nation.
He additionally urged the state Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to renew the cost of the N12,000 wage invoice which the state has not been paying for a number of months.
The Chairman of ASUU, Ubaoji, on his half, urged Soludo to look into the poor state of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu College, including: “Proper now, nothing is occurring at COOU, the infrastructure is dilapidated , the governor ought to look into this. .”
Safety operatives such because the police personnel, Nigerian Safety and Civil Protection Corps and different vital businesses had been on the bottom to supply safety to the protesters to stop hoodlums from hijacking the gathering.
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