The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of its planned nationwide protest over rising insecurity across the country.

Naija News reports that the meeting, held on Tuesday night at the State House in Abuja, was aimed at persuading the labour union to shelve the protest scheduled for today.

The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, led the labour leadership to the meeting. Also in attendance were the Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma; the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo; the Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris; and the Minister of State for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.

When questioned by State House correspondents after the meeting on whether the nationwide protest would still go ahead as planned, Ajaero declined to give a definitive answer.

He said the decision was not his alone to make, noting that the NLC is a collective organisation.

“If I’m insisting, I’m not insisting. I will communicate to you. It is not an organisation that one person rules. We will go back to the drawing board, digest all that Mr President has said to us, and move forward from there,” Ajaero stated.

He added that the NLC leadership would reconvene early on Wednesday to deliberate further.

“We came for consultation with the President, and we are finished. We will go back to our meeting and continue tomorrow. By tomorrow, we will get the outcome,” he said.

Naija News gathered that the NLC is expected to announce early on Wednesday whether the nationwide protest will proceed or be called off.