Workers in Enugu have joined the nationwide protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.
The NLC members, associate unions and civil society groups gathered at the New Market Office of the Enugu NLC where the protest took off at 9.50 am on Wednesday.
Security agents with patrol vehicles were seen guarding the protesters to ensure peaceful protest.
The protesters were seen marching through the New Market Roundabout, to FRCN, the State Secretariat, Okpara Avenue, CBN road etc.
In a short address in front of the EEDC office, Okpara Avenue, NLC Chairman, Fabian Nwigbo says the workers will keep demanding their rights until the federal government relieves Nigerians from hardship.
He said, “If the government does not do the needful, the organised labour will take more concrete steps to embark on industrial action.”
