The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has told the Solicitor -General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice that there is no order restraining Nigerian workers from participating in peaceful rallies convened by it.
In a letter from Falana Chambers to the Permanent Secretary/Solicitor -General, NLC also reminded the Federal Government there is a subsisting judgement that the right to demonstrate and to protest on matters of public concern are rights that are in the public interest which individuals must possess and exercise without impediment as long as no wrongful act is done.
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Beginning Wednesday, August 2, organised labour is embarking on what it calls nationwide mass protests against the removal of subsidy on petrol, its attendant hardship on Nigerians and the inability on the government to roll out palliatives to cushion the harsh effect of the stoppage of subsidy payment.
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