During the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)-organized rally in Lagos on Tuesday in support of the on strike Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), security personnel detained some illegal task force officials.
After apprehending an offender, the task force officials—which included a driver and other team members—made a scene.
As seen by InsightnaijaTV, the illegal task force officers were eventually detained and taken to the police station.
It was discovered that the task force’s scene provoked several union members to argue angrily with the illegal task force team.
To control the situation, however, security personnel stationed at the protest site had to act quickly.
On Sunday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other affiliated unions announced that they would join the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in a two-day nationwide demonstration against the ongoing strike at the country’s public universities.
The national president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, informed coworkers in a statement that the national days of protest were in support of the education unions fighting for quality education in Nigeria’s public institutions.
“In line with the decisions of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress held on the 30th of June 2022, we have scheduled as follows the national days of protest to get our children back to school and support our unions in Nigeria’s public universities fighting for quality education.
“You are requested to immediately convene the meetings of your SAC to disseminate this information and to fully mobilize workers in the states for this very important protest for good governance,” Comrade Wabba said in the circular jointly signed by the NLC general secretary, Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja.
