A statement issued by NANNM Deputy General Secretary and Acting Head of Department, Industrial Relations, Otaru Shaibu, obtained on Thursday confirmed this to the public.
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has started the mobilisation of their members for the planned nationwide protest by the organised labour led by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC).
A statement issued by NANNM Deputy General Secretary and Acting Head of Department, Industrial Relations, Otaru Shaibu, obtained on Thursday confirmed this to the public.
SaharaReporters last week reported that the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) declared a two-day nationwide mass protest slated for February 27 and 28 over the biting hardship in the country.
At a meeting between the labour leaders and officials of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, headed by the Minister of State for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, on Monday, the labour leaders had said only the government could stop the planned strike by addressing the 15-point agreement reached on October 2, 2023.
The NANNM in a circular titled, “Re: Mobilisation for the nationwide protest rally,” and dated February 21, 2024, asked its members to comply with the directive to make the protest rally a huge success.
The circular addressed to the National Administration Council members, the National Executive Council members, and NANNM, partly read, “The attention of all members of the NAC and NEC is hereby drawn to the above subject matter. The Nigeria Labour Congress has scheduled a nationwide protest rally and all workers have been directed by the national leadership of the congress to embark on the protest, billed for 27th and 28th February 2024.
“All state councils of the association are hereby enjoined to comply with the directive to make the protest rally a huge success.
“Kindly mobilise our members in line with this directive. The NLC letter conveying this directive is hereby attached for your necessary action.”
Meanwhile, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) backed out of the planned two-day nationwide protest declared by the NLC.
The Vice-President of the TUC, Tommy Etim, said on Wednesday that the decision to protest on February 27 and 28 as announced by the NLC was not taken collectively by both unions.
The TUC in a letter dated February 19, 2024, written by its Secretary General, Dr Nuhu Toro, said the NLC unilaterally took the decision on the planned protest