The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to stay action on its planned February 27th and 28th protest, saying the occasion may lead to anarchy and revolution.
Both bodies have been in dispute over the planned protest with TUC backing out on it, on grounds that the decision to embark on it on the said dates was taken by NLC unilaterally.
TUC Deputy President, Dr Tommy Etim, in an interview with Punchng, said currently the atmosphere is fully charged on account of widespread grinding poverty, and if NLC goes ahead with the protest, it may prompt revolution.
“If we carry out a protest in this time of hunger and we may meet anarchy. A hungry man is an angry man, and any protest at this time can snowball into a revolution, which we cannot contain.
“Take what happened in Imo State where Ajaero himself went there after several warnings. If not for the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, the NLC leader would have been killed.
“When there is tension in the land, we must be very sceptical and strategic in our agitation. We are not babies; we have been long in this struggle. I, for one, have been in this struggle for 35 years. Sentiments and pride don’t pay,” Etim told the publication.
