LG autonomy: Labour takes case to lawmakers

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Workers from Organised Labour seeking autonomy for local governments on Friday staged a rally at the meeting venue of the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Constitutional Review in Lagos.

The workers gathered at the entrance of the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, at about 8:00 a.m. with placards singing and chanting solidarity songs.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workers, however, did not disrupt activities at the hotel but chanted various solidarity songs to express their grievances.

The workers were from the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN).

Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, an All Progressives Congress leader in the House of Representatives later addressed the workers and promised that every request brought before the committee…

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