The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced plans to stage a nationwide protest on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, over the worsening state of insecurity across the country.
The decision was taken at the last meeting of the NLC National Executive Council (NEC), according to a press statement signed by the union’s Acting General Secretary, Comrade Benson Upah.
The congress said the protest would hold simultaneously in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in solidarity with Nigerians over what it described as the “burden, losses, and dislocation” caused by the rising wave of insecurity.
According to the NLC, the protest is aimed at demanding justice for Nigerians, particularly workers whose lives and livelihoods have been devastated by violent crimes, killings, kidnappings, and other security challenges.
The statement reads, “Our protest is to demand a change in the prevailing ugly narrative. It is to demand that governments at all levels in Nigeria wake up to their primary and constitutional duty of protecting the lives and property of all Nigerians.”
The labour centre also called for fundamental reforms in governance to address socio-economic injustices, which it said remain major triggers of insecurity nationwide.
It further demanded the exposure and prosecution of individuals sponsoring violence in the country.
The NLC accused authorities of relying on excuses and rhetoric rather than concrete action, stressing that the lives of ordinary Nigerians must be treated as valuable as those of the political and economic elite.
“As Nigerian workers, we are saying enough of the excuses and rhetoric. We want to see action. We want to see the lives of ordinary Nigerians begin to count as precious as the lives of our so-called elites,” the statement said.
The congress disclosed that during the protest, workers would deliver formal protest letters to the heads of state institutions across the three arms and tiers of government.
Assuring the public of a peaceful demonstration, the NLC called on all peace-loving Nigerians to join what it described as a “watershed protest” aimed at reclaiming national dignity and sanity.
“Together, we can echo to the powers that be — enough is enough,” the statement concluded.
