{"id":96915,"date":"2022-07-13T22:02:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T21:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96915"},"modified":"2022-07-13T22:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T21:02:33","slug":"tinubus-labourers-comment-obi-yusuff-say-theres-dignity-in-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubus-labourers-comment-obi-yusuff-say-theres-dignity-in-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu\u2019s \u2018labourers\u2019 comment:\u00a0Obi, Yusuff say &#8216;There&#8217;s dignity in labour&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1738271375014562367\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the governorship candidate of the party for the Osun poll, Lasun Yusuff, on Wednesday descended on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, over a comment he reportedly made about their party which that they considered derogatory.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nTinubu at the grand rally for the reelection of APC candidate, Adegboyega Oyetola on Tuesday, had said \u201cthey said some are in Labour, they will remain labourers till death\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Obi, who was in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, to support Yusuff at the party\u2019s governorship rally, while addressing LP members, advised them that such a comment should be returned with love.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI listened to our chairman when he said that somebody said that \u2018they can labour till death.\u2019 When they show you hatred, Labour Party will show them love. There is dignity in labour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also called on the people of Osun to support the party\u2019s candidate in the governorship poll to give the state better leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the rally, Yusuff said the comment about the Labour Party by the APC leader was inconsistent with the attributes of a virtuous Yoruba man.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe, however, promised to surprise those saying he would not get votes in Saturday\u2019s election and urged LP members to work hard for victory at the poll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came back yesterday and said we should go and labour till death. That is not an attribute of a virtuous Yoruba person. 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