Entertainment of Tuesday, 4 June 2024

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Charly Boy to lead rally in support of Labour Union strike

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Iconic entertainer Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, has signaled his intention to hold a rally backing the Labour Union's strike action.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) commenced an indefinite strike on June 3, 2024, aiming to compel the government to finalize a new minimum wage for workers and reconsider the hike in electricity tariffs affecting some consumers.

Despite reaching a tentative agreement with the federal government on a new national minimum wage on Monday evening, the unions have continued the strike.

The agreement includes a commitment from the government to a minimum wage figure exceeding the current N60,000.

In response to these developments, Charly Boy declared on June 4, 2024, his plan to rally 90% of Nigeria's power bikers in support of the labour unions' cause in Abuja.

Expressing his determination on social media, Charly Boy stated in Pidgin: “If NLC no f**k up and cancel this strike by next week. I go mobilize 90% of Nigeria’s Power Bikers. We go storm Abuja, if heaven go fall or the devil go land. We will say, bring it on.

I just don tire. Yeye dey smell.”