Subsidy: Low turn-out mars Jigawa protest
The Nigerian Labor Congress and Trade Unions Congress’ protest against the removal of fuel subsidy in Jigawa state was marred by low turnout as workers shunned protest rally and remained at their respective work places.
According to Tribune, commercial activities and other businesses are going on normal as there is no much attention to the planned protest where people and workers in particular shunned the rally due to alleged poor mobilization by the state’s chapter of NLC.
It was gathered that in Dutse the state capita, the local chapter of the NLC’s chairman, Comrade Sunusi Alhassan Maigatari led a scanty crowd to governor’s office and delivered the workers message to the governor.
It was also learnt that Comrade Sunusi Alhassan Maigatari failed to mobilizes all the NLC appellate union organizations despite the national NLC secretariat directives to all it’s branches for concrete arrangements and mobilization to ensure peaceful and successful protest.
Comrade Maigatari allegedly led few people whom were the leaders of some appellate unions and streets beggars as known as Almajiri as most of workers were at their places of work carrying out their normal office activities
While speaking at government house Dutse, the state chairman of the NLC said the reason for the peaceful demonstration was to protest against the policies imposed by the by Federal Government coursing hardship to Nigerians.
The Jigawa state governor who was represented by his deputy engineer Aminu Usman Gumel promised to convey the NLC message to the governor and taking it’s up to president Bola Ahmed Tinibu for action.
He urged the protesters to remain calm and be law-abiding so that the bad people attached would not take advantage of the protest and vandalize things on the process.
Contacted, the chairman JIgawa state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress through his mobile telephone on the poor crowd, Comrade Maigari said “sorry I’m holding a meeting presently”.
According to journalists who went round the state capital, public and private schools was opened and workers were available at federal and state’s secretariat.
