DSS Warns Against Planned Protest

Department of State Services, has asked the organized labor to shelve plans to stage protests in the country over the biting economic hardship.

The Service warned that some elements are planning to use the opportunity of the protest to foment crisis and by extension, widespread violence, insisting the development will worsen the socio-economic situation across the country.

This was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by Peter Afunanya, the Director, Public Relations & Strategic Communications, Department of State Services National Headquarters, Abuja.

Afunanya said although the protest is within the legitimate right of the labour, the Service is urging the union to shelve the plan in the interest of peace and public order.

According to him, all the levels of government are striving to ameliorate the prevailing economic condition and as such, should be given a benefit of the doubt.

He called on parents and guardians to exert authority in guiding their children and wards from inimical acts capable of jeopardizing public safety and harmony.

Afunanya further warned that DSS stands opposed to violence as a means of settling present day challenges, be they economic, political or otherwise, assuring that the Service will work with sister security and law enforcement agencies to ensure that lasting peace is maintained in the country.