NLC presents 17-point agenda to Tinubu, suspends protest
*Gov Makinde joins protest in Oyo, says there’s hunger, anger in the land THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has made a 17-point demand to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to assuage the poverty, hunger and mass suffering inflicted on the citizens by the policies of the Federal Government. This is even as Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State participated in the protest in Ibadan, the state capital, saying there are hunger and anger in the land. Suspends protest However, leaders of NLC, yesterday suspended the two-day nationwide protest after the first day, saying its suspension was based on the fact that the street action achieved overwhelming success. In a communiqué at the end of its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting yesterday in Abuja, President of NLC and Acting General Secretary, Joe Ajaero and Ismail Bello, said: “The NEC-in-session, therefore, reviewed the execution of the first day of the nationwide protest to assess its effectiveness and take decision on further necessary ...