OBOREVWORI MOURNS EX-ASSEMBLY CLERK, COMMISSIONER, DAN OKENYI

Arising from its Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday resolved to shut down all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria nationwide. The protest which starts next Wednesday, 29th March 2023, is over the current cash crunch in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who gave the directive at a press briefing at Labour House in Abuja, said the directive became imperative following the failure of the CBN to make the most of the one week ultimatum given it to address the cash scarcity in the country. He lamented that despite the Supreme Court order allowing the old N500 and N1000 notes to circulate with the new notes till December 31 this year, the situation appears to be getting worse as workers cannot access cash to pay fares to work, nor can they buy food for their families.