PHOTOS: NLC begins petrol subsidy removal protest in Lagos amid heavy security

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have begun their nationwide strike over the removal of petrol subsidies.

The protesters according to The Cable converged at the Ikeja under-bridge in Lagos.

Recall the NLC issued a seven-day ultimatum following a breakdown in talks with the federal government urging it to reverse all “anti-poor” and “insensitive” policies.

The union also called on civil society organizations (CSOs) and its councils across the states to join in the August 2 nationwide rally to protest the soaring cost of living in the country.

Efforts by the federal government to halt the planned strike and protest failed.

During his inaugural address on May 29, President Bola Tinubu announced that the petrol subsidy regime was over.

The pronouncement immediately led to a hike in the pump price of petrol, a quadrupling of transportation costs in certain areas, and ballooning inflation across several market segments.

In a nationwide broadcast on Monday, Tinubu reeled out palliatives that would cushion the impact of the petrol subsidy removal on the masses.

See the first set of photos from the Lagos protest below.