Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has joined the organised labour movement against the fuel subsidy removal.
Viral images obtained by PUNCH METRO showed Falana addressing protesters in Lagos State.
PUNCH METRO reported that protesters converged on the Ikeja underbridge in the state where they are currently demanding a reversal of the fuel subsidy removal.
Recall that the NLC had given the government a seven-day ultimatum with threats of a nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday, August 2, 2023.
The Organised Labour including the NLC, the TUC and their affiliate unions, today, kicked off a protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, and other states of the Federation including Lagos, Abia, Plateau, Kaduna, Kano, Rivers, Zamfara, Katsina, Cross River, Ebonyi, Enugu, Kwara, Ogun, Imo, Ondo, and Edo.
Tinubu had removed subsidy on petrol during his epic inauguration speech on May 29, 2023, with a litre of the petrol jumping from N184 to over N620 and food prices and general inflation galloping at an unprecedented rate.
