Workers’ Day: FCT withdraws NLC permission to use Eagle Square

The authority of the Federal Capital Territory has withdrawn permission given to the organised labour to use Eagle Square in Abuja for their May Day celebration. The withdrawal came barely three days to the celebration of International Workers’ Day on May 1. Disclosing this to journalists in Abuja on Friday, the General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja, said the withdrawal was contained in a letter sent to the labour centre on Thursday by the FCT minister through his administration’s agency. According to him, the minister explained in the letter that the reasons for the withdrawal borders

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