2023-05-01 21:27:28
In Nigeria, as elsewhere in the world, May 1 was celebrated as International Labor Day.
The Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress, the two main Nigerian trade union centers, called on Monday in Lagos and in several cities, during rallies for an increase in the minimum wage, the rehabilitation of infrastructure or even a lowering of the level of inflation. Trade unionist Dele Ojo urged the government to reduce the high level of poverty and find a solution to the “precarious” economic situation facing the country.
The current economic situation is precarious. The workers groan. The government must tackle this problem, the level of poverty is extremely high. And we all expect the government to try to alleviate this situation or to improve it because the current situation is completely unacceptable. Dele Ojo, a trade unionist.
In a note to the media on this International Workers’ Day, President-elect Bola Tinubu, pledged upon taking office on the 29th to provide solutions to improve the well-being and working conditions of Nigerians. . He further promises to be the reliable ally of the trade union centers and their companion in the struggle for social and economic justice for all Nigerians.
“At this point, I must remind Nigerian workers that we all have a common fight to fight, a fight that we must win together. It is regarding the fight once morest poverty, ignorance, disease, disunity, ethnic and religious hatred and all the negative forces that oppose the stability and prosperity of our country” explained Bola Tinubu, the elected president of Nigeria_._
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