The Minister of Information and
Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has given the assurance that come Feb.16,
President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to the well being and welfare of
Nigerians will earn him re-election.
The Minister stated this on
Friday in Lagos at a rally organised by the ex-workers and pensioners of the
defunct Nigeria Airways.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports the group organised the rally to show appreciation to the President for
the payment of their pension arrears and other benefits after 14 years of
waiting.
The over 5,000 Nigeria airway
workers, who said they had been “abandoned, humiliated and frustrated by
previous administration”, undertook a solidarity procession in Ikeja to drum
support for Buhari.
Addressing the gathering, the
minister said that Buhari put an end to the 14-year wait and suffering of the
5,996 former staffers of the defunct national career.
“It is noteworthy that since the
liquidation of Nigeria Airways, successive Administrations have failed to
settle the ex-staffers, leading to untold suffering and loss of human dignity
by the affected people.
“It is not just the former
staffers of Nigeria Airways who have benefitted from the people-oriented policy
of this Administration.
“Former Biafran Policemen, former
workers of the Delta Steel Company, Aladja, and former NITEL workers have also
seen their years of suffering and neglect come to an end.
“For the more than 800 deceased
ex staffers of Nigeria Airways, their next of kin will also receive the
entitlements due to them,” he said.
The minister further listed some
of the Social Investment Programme of the Administration that would guarantee
re-election of the President.
He said the Conditional Cash
Transfer had benefitted 300,000 families while 9.3 million children were being
fed daily under the home grown school feeding programme.
The minister said the N-Power had
employed 5000 graduates and the Government Enterprise and Empowerment
Programme/Tradermoni had covered 1.2 million people.
Mohammed congratulated the
ex-workers that were still alive and thank God for keeping them to reap the
rewards of their labour.
He also thanked them for the event
which he said was a show of appreciation to the President for what he had done.
The Minister of State for
Aviation, Hon. Hadi Sirika corroborated Mohammed that the President would never
stand for injustice to the people.
Sirika, who was represented by
the Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, Capt. Fola
Akinkuoyu assured the ex-workers of the payment of their balance.
The leader of the ex-workers, Mr
Olanrewaju Animasahu, said they organised the solidarity rally to show appreciation
to the President and mobilise support for his Next Level Agenda.
He said for 14 years, they had
been on the struggle, some of them had died while many of them were humiliated
and disgraced over what was their right.
Animasahun said contrary to what
some people might insinuate, they were not mobilised to stage the rally, but
the members made voluntary donations to sponsor the event.
He said they were canvassing for
the re-election of the Buhari because he is a credible man who makes promise
and fulfills as well as a man of integrity who will never condone corruption.
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