Strike: Youth group mobilisses 2 million protesters, says Tinubu Insensitive

By Tony Okafor, Awka

A Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, (COSEYL) on Wednesday mobilised no fewer than two million of its members to support the nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC)and allied associations.

COSEYL, is an apex sociopolitical youth group in the South-East geopolitical zone.

In a statement circulated to journalists on Wednesday by the President General and Publicity Secretary of the organisation ,Goodluck Ibem and Okey Nwaoru respectively, the groupn described the protest as pertinent.

The group stated that,,”This protest is pertinent because Nigeria’s mortality rate has increased by 60% as a result of the suffering and hardship brought upon Nigerians by president Bola Tinubu.”

It said Tinubu upon assumption of office on 29 May, 2023 unilaterally removed fuel subsidy without any provision to make petroleum products affordable by Nigerians.

The group added,”Nigerians and her economy depends solely on fuel and other petroleum products to function and any decision or policy that increases the price of petroleum products will hit hard on Nigerians.

“We therefore pledge our full support to the protest in other to save Nigerians from extinction as a result of the hardship and suffering they are currently facing.”

The Nigeria Labour Congress, had on Tuesday night urged Nigerians to ignore news about a possible suspension of its planned nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday.

The Congress in a terse statement signed by its national president, Joe Ajaero, said the protests would be held as scheduled across major cities in the country.