NLC’s planned protest with ASUU illegal, says Lai Muhammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Muhammed has said that the planned solidarity march by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) with the striking members of the University-based unions is illegal.

Recall, on July 17, 2022, the NLC announced that it would kick off a nationwide protest on July 26 and 27 to pressure the federal government to resolve the five-month-long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and three other sister unions.

ASUU began its strike on 14 February, 2021 before Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Educational Institutions (NASU) National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) joined.