Amidst the Nigeria Labour Congress, protest against the economic hardship, Kno workers have called on Chief Bola Tinubu to ignore foreign monetary Policies.
The NLC’s chairperson in Kano, Kabiru Inuwa, has opined that the current hardship in the Nigerian economy is a resultant effect of monetary policies borrowed from abroad.
Mr Inuwa, who led a protest march from Racecourse Field, amid security cover, delivered his speech to the state government at the Government House’s gate.
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The procession was received by the secretary to the state government, Baffa Bichi.
He stated:
“The international lenders cannot lend you money without stringent conditions. Part of it is for you to remove whatever you are giving to the masses. Why? Because they want your country to be in chaos, and disarray.
“The level of poverty is increasing day after day. Prices of goods and commodities are skyrocketing, prices are increasing on an hourly basis.
“This is why we are complaining. They should allow us to breathe. They should forget about the international lenders. Their policies are only creating problems in African nations because a hungry man is an angry man.
“The international lenders have no goodwill for Nigeria, they want us to be poorer so that there will be chaos in the nation,” Mr Inuwa said.
Appealing to the government to come to the rescue of the downtrodden, the NLC leader said their protest was a wake-up call for the government to do the needful in helping the poor.
“We have enough problems as a nation. Many people are being recruited into criminality that is unimaginable in Nigeria
“We are calling on the government to kindly allow the masses to breathe, let them initiate efforts to at least guarantee food for the common man and to send their children to school. This is what we are asking for.
“We did not see any impact of the trillions the (Nigerian government) collected from them (the international lenders)” Mr Inuwa said.