The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Rivers State have suspended their planned protest over the continued police blockade at local government area secretariats.
At a joint press briefing in Port Harcourt on Sunday, NLC Chairman Alex Agwanwor urged the police to apprehend anyone who protests in the unions’ name on Monday.
Chairmen of each labour center said the suspension came after reports of plans by some individuals to incite violence under the guise of being labour members.
He urged Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) members who initially proposed the protest to wait for further directives from the labour centres.
The NLC Chairman and his TUC counterpart, Ikechukwu Onyefuru, also dismissed accusations from former Local Government Chairmen that state labour leaders are partisan.