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From Jude Owuamanam, Jos
Members of organised labour in Plateau State on Wednesday joined their counterparts in other parts of the country to stage a protest against insecurity in Nigeria.
The protest, led by the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state, Comrade Eugene Manji, and Chairman of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, Steve Aluko-Daniel, started as early as 8 a.m.
They marched from Secretariat Roundabout to the Plateau State House of Assembly, where they were received by the Speaker, Daniel Naalong.
They handed over their protest letter to him and thereafter proceeded to Government House, Little Rayfield.
In the letter, which they handed over to representatives of the state government and addressed to the Chief Judge of Plateau State, Justice D.G. Mann, the labour union said insecurity in the country has exceeded its threshold and has become a great concern for every Nigerian leader, including the citizenry.
The letter says in part: “Sir, it is in this light that NLC, in solidarity with the Nigerian people, CSOs, and masses, are protesting today, the 17th December 2025, in all states of the Federation including the FCT to condemn and make our voices heard concerning this disturbing evil in the country.
“We are therefore protesting over the burden, losses, and dislocation caused by the rising wave of insecurity in our country. NEC of NLC resolved to carry out this protest, joining other Nigerians in condemning these evil acts happening in our dear country.
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“For about two decades, Nigeria has been in the throes of insecurity marked by a systemic upswing in armed banditry, kidnap-for-ransom, and outright terrorism, complete with annexation of sections of the country by criminal elements.
“Nigerians from all religious, ethnic, and occupational backgrounds are affected in different ways by the rising wave of insecurity in the country.
“These developments have negatively affected the economy and social lives of Nigerians. Millions of Nigerians have been displaced from their homes and their means of livelihood.
“Many agricultural workers in the formal and informal economies have lost their livelihoods, limbs, or lives amid the persistent conundrum of insecurity.
“Many farmers in the country are unable to go to their farms as armed terrorists, bandits, and militants have taken over their farmlands.
“Those who can undertake some farming activities do so under a cruel regime of extortion in the form of heavy protection fees to terrorists and criminals or devastation of their agricultural produce and livestock to bandits and rustlers.”
They therefore urged the government to do everything possible to end the spate of killings in the country.
