The Nigerian Labour Congress has asked the Federal Government
to put in place strong measures to revive the ailing country’s
economy, saying the country was bleeding and need urgent
attention.
Speaking at the 2016 May Day celebration in Abuja, President of the NLC, Comrade
Ayuba Wabba said it was unfortunate that one year into life of the APC led federal
government, the government was yet to bring out a blueprint for the creation of the
three million jobs annually contained in its manifesto.
While admitting that the unemployment crisis in the country is a reflection of the
wider national economic crisis, Wabba said “we have persistently pointed out, there is
hardly any household in Nigeria where there aren’t at least two or more unemployed
persons who have graduated from various tiers of our educational system, looking
for job placement for upward of three to five years.”
“The ruling APC government in its manifesto promised to create three million jobs
annually. We have waited one year for the government to bring out its blueprints on
how it intends to go about achieving this.
“Congress will seek audience with Mr. President to get more information on this
important matter. On our part as workers, we will be prepared and willing to
contribute to any effort to create a ‘Job Creation Fund,’ nationally to tackle this
problem.
“Our worry as organized labour is that if no concrete convictions are secured in the
many corruption trials going on, between now and the next 12-15months, those who
have stolen these huge fortunes will start feeling that they can outlive the Buahri
Presidency, and return to a regime of “business as usual” as far as corruption is
concerned.”
He stressed that while in the last twelve months of the Presidency of President
Buhari, INEC has been left to run its show as it deemed fit, the desperation of
politicians of the two mainstream political parties gives of cause for concern.
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