The Nigerian Labour Congress has said the Federal Government’s efforts to tackle insecurity should go beyond the replacement of service chiefs, insisting that Nigerians are more interested in seeing concrete results.
The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, made this known on Friday while responding to questions during an interview on Arise Television.
The congress had earlier declared a nationwide protest scheduled for December 17 over the persistent insecurity across the country.
“The Federal Government changing service chiefs and rejigging the security apparatus doesn’t mean we are seeing results. We need solutions.
“I think we should be real in discussing issues like this. That Minister has been removed, that the Chief of Army staff has been removed does not mean that we don’t have incidences of kidnap and banditry and all manner of things.
“We prefer to have solution to all those problems, and even change of guards, a theoretical pace. We want to see results,” he said.
Responding to a question on the recommendations being proposed by the NLC, Ajaero said the labour movement had stopped publicising its options through the media.
“The NLC has stopped putting the options on the pages of newspaper.
“We wrote to Mr President since June to provide options on tax session, on strike in the tertiary institution, on strike in the education sector and other areas.
“And up to now, no acknowledgement of the letters. So where are we going to put our demand on if it’s not on the table?”