Have you been wondering why the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has been sleeping throughout the Naira crunch issues cause by the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)?
Indeed, they have been called different names. Some Nigerians say they are the sleeping giant that has slept for a long time.
Finally they are swinging into action about the Naira scarcity.
Seeing how much the Nigerian workers have suffered under the abnormal cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the NLC now looks set to disrupt work flow at all CBN offices nationwide.
Following the continued cash crunch, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, informed Journalists in Abuja that all CBN offices will be shutdown from Friday till further notice.
Reasons For Picketing CBN Offices
Ajaero, said: “It would be recalled that on March 13, we gave the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to address the current cash crunch.
“That seven-day ultimatum we issued to the Federal Government expired on March 20.
“Consequently, the NLC-CWC-in-session resolves to go into the process of actualising the one week notice.
“From Friday, there will be mobilisation of all state councils through a National Executive Council meeting.
“All unions have already been directed to mobilise all their organs and their branches.
“By Wednesday next week, all Central Bank of Nigeria offices nationwide will be picketed.
“All central bank, from its headquarters will be shut till further notice. Workers are directed to stay at home and join in the picketing,” he said.
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According to him, as at Wednesday morning, when the CWC met again to review the situation, it discovered that not much improvement had been made.
“The situation is still almost the same. People are still buying our currency with our currencies, ‘’he said.
Total Action Until Further Notice
The NLC president noted that people could no longer assess the currency, adding, “the government seems to be very adamant on this’’.
He further said that no move had been made to reduce the suffering of Nigerians.
“We call on Nigerians to understand the circumstances we are operating in. People will be telling you about the political situation.
“The political situation is self inflicted and the economic situation is worse than the political situation because people cannot eat.
“Workers can no longer go to office and nothing is happening.
‘So, we have been pushed to the wall, having given one week and we thought they can address the situation which is still not addressed,” he said.
Also, Ajaero added that the workers have decided to take their destiny in their hands.
“So comrades, the mobilisation commences immediately and when we talk of action from Wednesday, it’s total until further notice.”
