Following preparations towards the #EndBadgovernance protests slated for July 29, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has advised the Federal Government to invite the organisers to dialogue on their demands.

A statement signed by the President, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, said pursuant to proactive engagement with the issues canvassed by the protest organisers, “we have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to invite the leaders of the protest movement to dialogue on their demands.

“We have advised that it would be counter- productive for government to meet the widespread anger in the land with brute force.

“Once again, we implore the Federal Government and the sub-national governments to listen to the cries of the Nigerian people and do the needful.

After all, it is said that the voice of the people is the voice of God.” The union also flayed news report of its withdrawal from the widely discussed national protest, describing it as patently false.

According to the statement, “the truth is that the Nigeria Labour Congress cannot withdraw from a protest that it did not organise.

It is only the organisers of the speculated national protest that can decide to pull out or continue with the protest.

“The Nigeria Labour Congress has internal trade union mechanisms especially leadership decision-making processes that its industrial actions such as protests pass through before such activities are undertaken.