THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed Nigerians to report any commercial bank not dispensing cash to its state councils.
The directive was given ahead of a planned picketing by workers under the aegis of the NLC following persistent scarcity of both old and new naira notes across the country.
NLC gave the directive at weekend after its NEC meeting on Friday where affiliate unions and state councils of NLC were directed to monitor the cash situation and how banks were dispensing naira notes to workers.
The NLC, it was gathered, had scheduled an organ meeting for Tuesday this week to review and take a final decision on Wednesday’s planned nationwide picketing of CBN branches.
Speaking in a video obtain from the social media on the impending picketing, Comrade Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said: “Our affiliate unions and state councils were directed to monitor the situation. Workers have been directed to report banks not dispensing cash to NLC state offices.
“Our state councils and affiliates unions are to report back to us the prevailing situations in their states by Tuesday when we will hold another NEC meeting. The report we get from them will determine our next line of action.
“In fact, the seven days ultimatum we gave will expire on Tuesday [March 28]. The report will determine our final decision. As we speak, I am out on the streets of Abuja monitoring the situation.”
