Subsidy: APC Chieftain Says NLC Planned Strike Selfish, Unpatriotic, Urges Kwara Workers To Shun It

Date: 2023-06-04

A Chieftain of APC in Kwara State, Comrade Abdul-Rahoof Bello-Làb??làb??, has advised the Kwara State Labour Unions to disobey the unlawful directive by the NLC to embark on nationwide protest on Wednesday, against fuel subsidy removal.

Comrade Bello, said in a signed statement that such call to action was not only politically-motivated. It is subversive and smacks of attempt at frustrating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's efforts on ending the 'subsidy scam' that has pushed Nigeria to the precipice of bankruptcy, he added.

He said,”President Bola Tinubu announced recently that his administration inherited 'liabilities' from President Buhari, which could have made it impossible for any 'unprepared' successor to move the nation forward, but never a hardliner like him who begged for the job and thus, deserved no pity!

“Was the NLC unaware that government had been borrowing to pay workers' salaries and fuel subsidies? Isn't it nasty that the NLC is pretending knowing that Nigeria has been groaning under accumulated debt burden? Isn't it an open secret that Buhari administration left about N77trilion debt (local and foreign), which had to be serviced with about 96percent of our dwindling national income?

“With this lurid and grim picture of our economy, President Tinubu was unmistakable in his inaugural speech that some 'tough' decisions on economic surgery have to be taken to save our beloved country from collapse now!

Delay is dangerous, otherwise, workers; pensioners; education; healthcare; infrastructure; security and other developmental projects would suffer irreparable damage.

Despite this, the NLC cannot see any plausible solution than calling out workers to the street instead of exploring the robust opportunity provided by President Bola Tinubu for negotiation and intellectual engagement.

Isn't it settled in Law that 'strike action' should be the last resort only when other options have failed? Therefore, calling out workers to the street by NLC/TUC while negotiating with the government, was not only hasty and cheap blackmail, but in bad faith.

If the NLC cannot claim to be the sole beneficiary of whatever effects of the subsidy withdrawal, it would be irresponsible of the NLC to attempt to sacrifice the long-lasting national interest on the altar of cheap publicity and myopic political interest of its leadership!

According to Comrade Bello, a sense of duty dictates that people of good conscience make passionate appeal to Kwara State workers to disregard the call to strike action slated for Wednesday. This is necessary as a mark of respect to Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrasaq as Chairman Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF).

“In his capacity as NGF Chairman, Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrasaq has led his colleagues to a meeting with President Bola Tinubu where agreement was reached to review workers' salaries, amongst other palliative measures to cushion the negative effects of subsidy withdrawal to the Nigerian people.

“The greatest honour the Kwara workers can do to the Governor was to ignore the 'strike action', to reciprocate his good rapprochement with the NLC in his State.

“Kwara NLC should understand that any protest or industrial action against fuel subsidy removal is an ill-wind that blows no worker any good – It is unpopular!” he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bilikis Oladimeji     Lawal Olohungbebe     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Halidu Danbaba     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Olabanji Orilonishe     Mahee Abdulkadir     Taofeek Sanusi     Salary     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Oloye     Sheikh Ariyibi     Offa Poly     Ibrahim Labaika     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Makama     Joseph Bamigboye     Transition Implementation Committee     Kawu     Bello John Olanrewaju     Saliu Tunde Bello     Abdulhakeem Amao     Gbenga Adebayo     Erin-ile     Millennium Development Goals     Tunde Saad     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Twitter     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Gobir Organization Foundation     Sodiya     John Kehinde Salako     Hussein Oloyede     Ahmad Uthman     Adeleke Ogungbe     UNILORIN Alumni     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Simon Sayomi     Wahab Isa     Yusuf Mubarak     Government High School Adeta     Summit University     Kwara Consultative Forum     Yakubu Gobir     Fola Consultant     Saka Isau     Prince Bola Ajibola     Maryam Ado Bayero     Isiaka Danmeromu     Kolo     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Ayinke Saka     Wahab Issa     Yahaya Muhammad     Gamji Members Association     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Mutawalle     Akanji     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Yemi Sanni     Balogun-Ojomu     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Wole Oke     Manzuma     UTME     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Islamic Development Bank     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Garba Idris Ajia     Yashikira     Frootify     Sunday Otokiti    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     KSIRS     Offa Metropolitan Club     Split Diamond Interchange     Atiku Abubakar     Tayo Awodiji     KWACOBPA     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Kwara Apc     CCEPE     Mustapha Olanipekun     KWIRS     Saheed Popoola     Sa\'adu Salau     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Na\'Allah     Lateef Alagbonsi     Sulu Gambari     Folorunsho Alao     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Pakata Development Association     Ibrahim Abiodun     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Musa Yeketi     Nagode     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Danhawa     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Ilorin Airport     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Ahmed     Ilorin South Constituency     Nigerian Army     Razak Atunwa     Isiaka Danmeromu     Ilorin Amusement Park     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     IYA YUSUF     Tsaragi/Share     Kazeem Adekanye     Christopher Ayeni     Modibo Kawu     Kwara Polytechnic     Olaiya Zuberu     Abubakar Usman Jos     Bilikis Oladimeji     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     IEDPU     Ladi Hassan     Hassan A. Saliu     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Olawuyi     Sanusi Abubakar     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Tunde Kazeem     NNPP     Akeem Lawal     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Millennium Development Goals     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Okala Baba     Abiodun Abdulkareem     John Olobayo     Amusement Park     Kwara Consultative Forum     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Falokun-Oja