The Gwagwalada Chapter of Take-It-Back Movement, has thrown its weight behind the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), FCT Chapter, and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT Wing, ahead of a mass protest scheduled for April 23, 2025, at 7am, starting from Labour House in the Central Business District of Abuja.
In a statement released on Monday, the group declared that the planned demonstration is not just another protest but a “thunderous declaration” against what it describes as “broken promises and deliberate neglect” of local government workers and teachers in the Federal Capital Territory.
“Our teachers are not beggars. Our council workers are not charity cases. They are the architects of communities and the guardians of our children’s futures,” said Manasseh Bem Paul, spokesperson for the Gwagwalada Chapter of the Take-It-Back Movement.
The coalition’s demands are clear and non-negotiable, including: Immediate implementation of the new national minimum wage in the February 2025 salary cycle.
Full payment of March 2025 salaries at the revised wage rates and complete settlement of six months’ wage differentials, the 40% “peculiar allowance,” 25% and 35% salary increments, and all N35,000 wage-award arrears by April 30, 2025.
The protest is backed by growing frustration among public sec- tor workers in the FCT who say they’ve been short-changed for too long.
The Take-It-Back Movement warns that failure to meet the outlined demands by the end of April will trigger escalated mass mobilizations and a lawful shutdown of Area Council offices and the FCT Minister’s office.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR), cease hiding behind bureaucracy. Enforce your own law. Make FCT the model, not the anomaly,” the statement added.
“Minister of the FCT, Barrister Nyesom E. Wike (CON), we do not ask; we command: deploy your authority now to break this chain of injustice, because you were appointed to serve the people—not your friends and cronies.”
The six Area Council Chairmen of Abaji, AMAC, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje, and Kwali were also placed on notice: “Deliver on your promises or face mounting resistance from every neighbourhood you govern.”
The movement has called on parents, students, civil society organisations, and all workers in the FCT to join the demonstration.
It urged people to see the date as more than just a protest, but a pivotal moment in the struggle for justice and dignity.
“The wheels of justice grind slowly — but we are the oil that keeps them turning,” Bem Paul stated.
“No more appeals. No more patience. Action now or face the rising storm.
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