Nigeria
Labour Congress, NLC, has said Nigerians were beginning to feel that the
Federal Government lacked the capacity to end the hardship and sufferings
caused by economic recession.
The NLC in a statement signed by the Joe Ajaero faction,
therefore, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to provide the needed
socio-economic and political leadership to restore hope and douse the mounting
despair and sufferings in the country.
The statement follows lamentation by President
of the NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, that the talks with the FG on
increase in minimum wage have yet to begin.
Ajaero
said: “Nigerians want to see new jobs or a guarantee that the spate of job
losses have ceased. They want to see rice, garri, beverages and utilities
within their reach and functioning.”
“We want to see the cost of transport come down and the roads
being repaired. We want to see that the rot has stopped and the run on the
economy turning around for the better.
“While Congress’ commends the President for convening the
national stakeholders meeting to confront the challenges, Nigerians, however,
need to see actions on the ground and not intentions and talk shops.
“It is the concrete steps that the people see that will rekindle
hope and help the people stand together as a collective to weather this
economic storm.
“Amid
all these, we urge the President to talk to Nigerians now. He should address
the people to reassure us of government’s programs and actions with guarantees
of meeting stated timelines. This is not the time to talk through proxies but
directly to the people.
“He is the President the people elected and should reconnect
with them. This present challenge is an opportunity presented to him by
providence to redefine his perhaps already waning Presidency. Great leaders are
made in the furnaces created by this kind of challenge.
“We want to point out to the President and the ruling elite that
Nigerians elected them into office, perhaps as an alternative to taking matters
into their hands. This is borne out of the belief that we shall experience real
departure from the rot and decadence of the previous governments.
“Whether this trust will be fulfilled depends on what the
government decides to do as from now.”
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