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The Federal Workers Forum has disclosed that the Forum joined the two day nationwide protest called  by the Nigeria Labor Congress(NLC) as a result of the reactionary posture of the leadership Trade Union Congress(TUC). This disclosure was made on Tuesday by the National coordinator of the Federal Workers Forum(FWF) and a former chairman of the Oyo state council of the TUC, Comrade Andrew Emelieze during the protests  at the Federal secretariat, Ikolaba, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria.   Only five workers staged the peaceful protests at the entrance of the secretariat, a sizable number of other workers were at their  duty posts, while most of the workers stayed away from from work. ''To start with the TUC has no excuse whatsoever not to participate in the two day nationwide protests called by the NLC. The TUC is just giving flimsy excuses that does not hold water to justify the union's posture, and this is the major reason why the Federal Workers Forum dec...

Two years after the EndSars protests on October 2o, 2020, across Nigeria, a number of state governments are yet to compensate victims of the protests. This attitude by political office holders has brought to the fore the mindset of those who represent Nigerians at all levels of public office. Families and communities are still mourning their loved ones who lost their lives as a result of the absence of the will to do the right thing by those who occupy public offices. Obviously, this is an eye opener for all and sundry. However, an Ex-Officio of the Oyo state council of the Trade Union Congress(TUC), who is also a former chairman of the union in the state, Comrade Andrew Emelieze asks some very important questions : 1)Why were the street lights at the Lekki toll gate switched off on the night of the protests? 2)Who ordered that the Close Circuit Television Cameras(CCTV) be switched off? 3)Who also ordered that the lights of the billboard advertisement be switched off? 4)Why were t...