Nigerian soldiers
By Our Reporter
The Nigerian defence headquarters has cleared the air on the presence of soldiers at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation – venue of the meeting between organised labour and the federal government.
George Akume had called for an urgent meeting with the organised labor to address issues in the ongoing nationwide strike ahead of Tuesday’s meeting called by the Federal Government’s National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.
The NLC had shortly after the meeting commenced, raised an alarm that military men had surrounded the venue of the meeting.
In response, however, the defence headquarters said that the soldiers currently surrounding the venue of the ongoing meeting between NLC and the SGF, accompanied the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who is also attending the meeting.
“The attention of Army Headquarters has been drawn to a false breaking news by NLC alleging that soldiers currently surround the venue of the ongoing meeting between NLC and the SGF.
“Kindly note that the NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who is also attending the meeting, arrived at the meeting venue with his retinue of statutorily approved military escorts. Once the meeting is over, the escorts will lead the NSA from the venue.
“Kindly disregard the deliberate and misleading falsehood being peddled about the presence of the escorts at the meeting,” the statement on Facebook read.
