Arrests, intimidation won’t stop us — Ajaero

By Victor Ahiuma-Young
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has declared that arrests, intimidation and harassment would not deter the labour movement from its struggle for workers’ rights and economic justice in Nigeria.
Ajaero spoke yesterday in Oslo, Norway, while receiving the 2026 Arthur Svensson International Award, one of the world’s most prestigious labour movement honours.
He accused the Nigerian government of deploying fear, arrests, surveillance and other forms of intimidation to suppress organised labour and silence workers demanding better living conditions.
Ajaero also recounted what he described as years of persecution, including detention, rep...