President Tinubu meets with labour leaders over nationwide protest

President Bola Tinubu is currently in a meeting with the labour union leaders in the State House, Abuja.

This comes barely 24 hours the union across the country took to the streets to protest the subsidy removal and the hike in cost of living.

Early Wednesday morning, several states began the nationwide protest in a bid to force government to meet their demands.

On the lists of their demands include;
Subsidy removal - calling for the fuel price to revert to N185.
Salary increment - call for N200,000 minimum wage increase.
Halt the inhumane actions and policies of government among others.

During the protest in Kaduna state, its NLC chairman, Ayuba Suleiman noted that another demands of the union is for the fuel price to be averted to N185 per litre.

Earlier today, August 2, several members of the Labour Union and CSOs took to the streets across the country to protest the subsidy removal and the high cost of living.

Addressing the press and the residents of Kaduna state, Suleiman said that they are looking for salary increment and the least they can manage is N200,000.

"What we are looking for is a salary “upper”; the minimum, we can bear with ₦200,000, we can manage that. We also want the fuel price to be reverted to ₦185 per litre" - Kaduna NLC chairman, Ayuba Suleiman said at union protest.

Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Obafemi Hamzat in his address to protesters, said that their message has been received and that there are plans on the way to better the state and the country.