By Oguns Sunny
Nigeria Labour Congress,(NLC) has urged Nigerians to be focused in the face of various challenges in the country. In a good will message to Nigerians as the country marked its 64th Independence Anniversary celebration on Tuesday, 1st October, 2024, the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero, congratulated all Nigerians especially workers for their sacrifice, resilience and robust spirit in spite of serial acts of betrayal by the political leadership at various times and levels in the country.
In the statement entitled:”The Beginning Of A New Era”, the NLC President urged the downtrodden Nigerians who bear the burden of broken promises, exploitation and corruption to not give up hope on the country as there be light in tunnel at long run. According to the statement, it is no denying the fact that Nigerians’ sacrifice has been taken for granted for so long but should learn to protest within the limits of the law against injustices and subversion of democratic norms, culture and values by the dominant political elite.
Part of the statement reads:”We urge the downtrodden Nigerians who bear the marks or burden of these broken promises, exploitation and corruption to not give up hope on their country”. According to the statement, it is clear that the leading political elite are not ready to do the right thing except they are compelled to do so.
The Labour leader, according to the statement, warned Nigeria political elite whose pre-occupation is to circumvent the principles and practice of popular democracy that undermines democratic institutions that, it can no longer be business as usual as the consequences of their acts of commission or omission put Nigeria and Nigerians in a mess adding, It is time the political elite to turn a new leaf for Nigeria to move to the next level.