The Organised Labour on Monday protested the infringement of workers’ rights by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige,
President, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba said the protest was to express their grievance against workers treatment during a rally at the resident of Ngige on Wednesday in Abuja.
The protesting workers held placards with inscriptions like `Workers rights to peaceful protest and picketing are not negotiable and ‘Picketing is lawful while thuggery is a crime’, among others.
NLC had alleged that the minister replaced the name of Frank Kokori with Austin Enejamo-Isire as chairman of board of the NSITF.
The picketing of the minister’s residence by the labour using two petroleum tankers to block the entrance and exit points had resulted to clashes between alleged thugs and the labour officials.
The labour, who vowed to ensure the inauguration of Kokori as NSITF chairman, had called for international labour actions against the minister over the incident.
However, a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday, expressed regret over the misunderstanding between the labour and the minister on the matter.
