Academic Unions Joining the Protest: Academic unions, including the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, are also mobilizing their members for participation in the strike. As affiliates of the NLC, these unions aim to show solidarity and voice their concerns about the fuel subsidy removal’s detrimental impact on the education sector and their members’ livelihoods.
Arewa Citizen Watch for Good Governance’s Protest: In addition to the labor and academic unions, some northern youths, represented by the Arewa Citizen Watch for Good Governance, have expressed their anger over the fuel subsidy removal, which they believe has exacerbated hunger and hardships in the region. The group also calls for the dismissal of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Limited, Mele Kyari, whom they accuse of misleading the President on the issue. The group plans to stage a protest in Abuja to demand action against the subsidy removal and the renewal of the Pipeline Surveillance Contract to a former Niger Delta militant.
