Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has urged labour leaders in the
\ncountry to protect the interests of Nigerians, especially their members
\nagainst government\u2019s anti-people policies, saying; \u201cLabour leaders must
\nnot allow the welfare of the people to be compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n
Governor Fayose, who was speaking against the backdrop of the plan by the
\nfederal government to increase petrol pump price from N87 to N97 per
\nlitre, remove fuel subsidy, increase electricity tariffs, retrench
\nthousands of workers, reduce N18, 000 minimum wage, introduce toll gate,
\namong others, said, \u201cIf labour leaders do not stand up for the people at
\nthis time as they have done in the past, posterity will not forgive them.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday<\/span><\/span> by his Special Assistant on The governor, who reminded the labour leaders of how they led their He said: \u201cWhen they were seeking for votes from Nigerians, they promised \u201cHowever, thousands of Nigerians have lost their jobs in the last six \u201cEven the federal government that promised three million employments per \u201cMost importantly, President Muhammadu Buhari himself is telling Nigerians \u201cThe labour movement must therefore be prepared to stand up for the While maintaining that democracy was being threatened under the APC Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has urged labour leaders in the country to protect the interests of Nigerians, especially their members against government\u2019s anti-people policies, saying; \u201cLabour leaders must…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nPublic Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said
\nhe was particularly worried over the silence of labour leaders on the two
\nmonths fuel scarcity in the country, which the federal government appeared
\nnot to have any ready solution to.<\/p>\n
\nmembers to protest when fuel price was increased by the Dr Goodluck
\nJonathan administration in 2012, added that, \u201cNo matter the political
\nparty in government, labours unions must stand by their members in
\nparticular and the people in general.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nto reduce petrol pump price to from N87 to N45 per litre, they promised to
\ncreate three million jobs per year, they said $1 will be equal to N1 and
\nabove all, they promised to pay unemployed youths N5,000 stipend and
\nprovide one meal a day to pupils nationwide.<\/p>\n
\nmonths, while millions of jobs are to be lost next year, particularly in
\nthe construction sector and banking sector where mergers and acquisitions
\nof banks have become imminent.<\/p>\n
\nyear is already sacking workers with over 2,000 university workers
\nretrenched.<\/p>\n
\nto prepare for hardships in year 2016, with no effort being made by the
\nfederal government to mitigate the effects of the impending hardships.<\/p>\n
\npeople, making sure that the welfare of the workers is not compromised by
\nthe government.\u201d<\/p>\n
\ngovernment of President Buhari, Governor Fayose said \u201ca lot of
\ninfringements are being done to our democratic process and all lovers of
\ndemocracy must be worried, especially about the inconclusive elections
\nheld under the present government.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"