Residents of Kano State have on Tuesday, stormed the streets in what they described as a warm-up protest towards the hike of petrol price.
Organized labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have planned to protest what they describe as the unfavorable policies of the new Bola Tinubu-led government.
SaharaReporters confirmed that the protest was coordinated by the Joint Action Front (JAF).
Reports say that a civil service organisation, JAF, alongside the Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) and Coalition for Revolution (CORE), declared their total support for the August 2 Nigeria Labour Congress nationwide action on Monday.
In a joint declaration, signed by Femi Falana (ASCAB), Baba Ayelabola (CORE), and Achike Chude (JAF), the group resolved to join in the protest until victory was achieved.
In a statement titled: “August 2nd, 2023 as the beginning of nationwide resistance against fuel price hike and anti-poor policies is sacrosanct,” the civic organisations had said, “We support the decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call Nigerian workers and poor masses out on protest starting from Wednesday, August 2, 2023, against the wicked and neoliberal policies of the President Tinubu government, including, the severe hike in the price of petrol and devaluation of the naira.”
