Official activities at the state and local government secretariats in Abia were paralysed on Wednesday due to the nationwide protest embarked upon by the organised labour.
Reporters, who monitored the exercise in the state, reports that only a few workers were seen loitering around the state secretariat.
At the Umuahia North Local Government secretariat, all the offices were locked but some security men and a few council workers were seen within the premises.
Also, banks in Umuahia were not open for business but markets, shops and motor parks opened for business.
Commercial vehicle operators, including tricycle and commuter bus operators, were on the road, which was practically scanty.
Meanwhile, the leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) led a mammoth crowd of workers on a peaceful protest march along major roads in Umuahia.
The protesters, who were escorted by a team of anti-riot police personnel, marched from Michael Okpara Square to Government House.
They carried banners and placards with different inscriptions, chanting solidarity songs.
Some of the placards read: “Give workers what is due”, “All Nigerian lives must matter” and “Stop importation of petrol, revive the refineries now”, amongst others.
All the banners had the hatch tag, “Let the poor breathe”.
