Labour union bashed Lai Mohammed over his insensitive comment

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A faction of the Labour union called the All Workers Convergence (AWC) declared that the position of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on the NLC, proposed nationwide protest is illegitimate and anti-social.

Comrade Andrew Emelieze, the National Coordinator of AWC, disclosed this on Thursday.

Earlier, the Minister of Information and Culture stated that the proposed NLC nationwide protest is illegal.

AWC reacted to the comment by wondering when Lai Mohammed because a judge.

While insisting that protest is legal in all parts of the world and Nigeria would not be an exception, AWC called all civil servants to join the protest. Emelieze also asked Nigerian workers to call on government officials to stop insulting the sensitivity of Nigerians.

Emelieze urged the NLC to proceed with the protest as planned and ignore Lai Muhammed. He said that the minister has shown over time that he is never on the side of the people.

Emelieze said, “We, the Nigerian workers, welcome the call for the two days national protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in solidarity with the striking university workers. We call on all workers nationwide to join the protest and make it a success.

“We are, however, dismayed by the position of the Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Muhammed, who has turned himself to the judiciary and has unanimously declared the protest as illegal. The position of Muhammed is illegitimate and anti-social.

“He is being hunted by the failure of his government to meet up with the needs of Nigerians. We, however, call on the NLC to go ahead with the mobilization and ignore the ignoble position of Mr. Lai Muhammed, who has over the years proven that he is never on the side of the people.

“Protest everywhere is legal, ours in Nigeria will not be different. We the Nigerian workers call on government officials to stop insulting the sensitivity of Nigerians. There is no going back on this two days protest that is long overdue”.

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