State of the Nation: NLC talks tough, plans mass protest on kidnapping and Insecurity

Following the increase in the wave of insecurity in the country, especially upsurge in instances of kidnapping for ransom, armed robbery, communal clashes and Boko Haram terror attacks, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to convene a national security summit to engage the current challenges of insecurity in Nigeria and proffer sustainable solutions.

The NLC said that, to this end, rallies would hold across the country to sensitise government and citizens on the need to address the situation.

The union has also denounced the Federal Government’s delay in commencing the implementation of the new national minimum wage.

This was part of resolutions reached at the recent National Executive Council (NEC) of the union.

NLC president, Dr. Ayuba Wabba, and the immediate past general-secretary, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, who jointly signed the communiqué at the end of its meeting in Kano, said the NEC expressed alarm at the recent confessions of an arrested bandit who allegedly disclosed that helicopters dropped weapons for criminals, thus suggesting collusion between criminal elements and big-time financiers of criminality.

“The NEC also expressed worries over recent upsurge in attacks by Boko Haram terrorists, who recently attacked three local governments of Gubio, Magumeri and Konduga in Borno North, and the villages of Dille, Lassa, Ngurthlavu, Dagu, Yaffa, Maikadiri, and Kidlindila in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno South,” the union said.