The Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, have thrown their weight behind the two-day protest declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress.
In separate interviews, the opposition parties told journalists on Monday that the economic hardship is enough to make the masses join labour to kick against the insensitivity of the Federal Government.
According to the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Abdullahi Ibrahim, the people are always ready to resist any anti-people policy.
Ibrahim said, “Labour has always been consistent in terms of expressing their misgivings because they are the ones interfacing with the workers. So it is not going to be the first time. I doubt if there is any government since Independence that has not contended with the protest or expression of agitation by labour.”
“So the NLC is justified. The PDP agrees with labour. The reality on the ground defies human comprehension. You cannot expect Nigerians to fold their hands because it is an APC government that is in place. The NLC stormed the streets when it was the PDP. They did the same during the military regime. I don’t see any rationale for anybody to think the NLC is out to frustrate this government.”
“The people have never been worse off as we are seeing it today. Purchasing power in the country has declined to an all-time worse. The inflation rate is also high. “Everybody should come out for this protest, including labour, civil society organizations, and traders. The PDP is absolutely in support of this protest.”
Also speaking, the spokesman for the Labour Party Campaign Organisation, Yunusa Tanko, shared his sentiment when he emphasised that the people have a right to vent anger to frustration to certain policies that are anti-people.
However, the ruling APC expressed concern that the protest could go awry once it is hijacked. The National Publicity Director of the APC, Bala Ibrahim, said President Bola Tinubu was not unmindful of the pains of the masses, which he personally addressed in a series of his broadcasts.
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