Benson Upah, the Nigeria Labour Congress’s Head of Public Affairs, has pleaded with the federal government to cease accusing NLC members of treason for choosing to shut down the national grid and go on strike.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Benson Upah made this statement during an interview he held with a journalist on Arise Television. During the interview, Benson Upah said, “labelling NLC as criminals by saying that we committed treason will not work. If the government likes, let them tie us and shoot us in the stakes, that will not solve the problem.”
“As long as there is bad governance, corruption, high cost of living, and high cost of governance persists, things will not get better.” Benson Upah made this statement in reaction to Akume’s claim that the decision of the NLC to shutdown the national grid was an act of terrorism which should not be allowed to repeat itself.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>