Lagos State council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on its members not to stay away from their offices during the period marked for protest.
Its chairperson Mrs. Funmi Sessi said the organisers should stay away from Lagos and go to their respective states to stage their protests.
Sessi added that decision of the congress was informed by intelligence report that some miscreants were planning to disturb the movements of innocent citizens in the state.
She said: “The organisers should go to their own states to start this protest. They should not do that here in Lagos. These people are faceless. Why should they come to Lagos and cause havoc. They should go to their own and start it.
“Peaceful protest is part of the rights of all citizens, but protest characterized by threats, bloodshed and destructions of properties and lives of innocent citizens is unacceptable.”
She however called on governments to address the agitations of Nigerians.
Sessi called on the Lagos State government to allocate some farmlands to people and workers interested in farming.
Calls on the organisers of the protest to have a rethink and engage the Federal Government in dialogue gained more voices yesterday.
Top on the list of those that made the appeal were six governors, National Assembly leaders, ministers, and prominent Nigerians.
