Ngige vs NLC: Workers protest amid inauguration of NSITF board - Daily Post Nigeria

Ngige vs NLC: Workers protest amid inauguration of NSITF board

The organised labour on Monday protested alleged infringement of workers’ rights by Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment.

The protesting workers held placards with inscriptions like ‘Workers rights to peaceful protest and picketing are not negotiable’ and ‘Picketing is lawful while thuggery is a crime’ among others. The picketing of the minister’s residence by the labour using two petroleum tankers to block the entrance and exit points had resulted to clashes between supposed thugs and the labour officials.

However, a statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Sunday,

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