A former Vice President of the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and General Secretary, National Union of Garment
and Textile Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), Comrade Issa Aremu has called on
President Muhammadu Buhari to sit up by translating his policies into actions.
Aremu, however, flayed former
President Olusegun Obasanjo for allegedly distracting President Buhari with
allegations of non-performance.
He was apparently referring to
the recent attack on Buhari by Obasanjo over the president’s refusal to sign
the Africa Continental Free Trade Area agreement.
He said the Labour movement would
no longer watch serving and former leaders engage in war of words about which
leader was successful or not.
Aremu, speaking with newsmen in
Abuja, yesterday, also said Obasanjo lacked the moral standing to lampoon
Buhari.
He said: “Nigeria grappled with
electricity failure under his (Obasanjo) administration between 1999 and 2007,
just as it was under regimes before him. There cannot be industrialisation
without electricity. Under Obasanjo, railway did not work despite grandstanding
with endless plans to revive railway. So, no easy self-praise on the part of
any Nigerian contemporary leaders.”
Aremu, however, hailed the
current administration for its achievements in areas of security and
anti-corruption as well as consolidating on the railway project of the former
President Goodluck Jonathan administration.
He, however, enjoined government
to urgently address the issue of new National Minimum Wage before the end of
this first quarter, arguing that without effective demand by well-paid
workforce, economic recovery would be a mirage for Nigeria.
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