George Akume, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says the labour committed treason by shutting down the national grid during the nationwide strike.
Akume spoke in Abuja on Thursday during a meeting with the
national executive council (NEC) of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).
“Nowhere in the world has labour ever tampered with the
national grid. It is treason! Treasonable felony is economic sabotage; you
don’t do that,” he said.
“We are trying to rebuild the economy. The president is
picking it up, and they want to destroy it. Of what use is that to all of us?
That is not the way.”
Speaking on the efforts of the government to ease the
economic hardship in the country, the SGF assured that compressed natural gas
(CNG) buses, rice, and other essentials would soon be available to Nigerians to
ease the hardship.
“It is not that we are not working. We are working, and that
is why we implemented the N35,000 wage, which is more than the minimum wage,”
he said.
“There are buses ready to be distributed, and soon, rice and
other essentials will be available.”
The former governor of Benue said the church must
collaborate with the government in the provision of infrastructure for the
citizens.
“The church must collaborate with the government in
providing facilities for people, whether it is in education, health, or
agriculture,” Akume said.
“We don’t separate; we combine. There is a symbiotic
relationship that can never be destroyed.”
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When you become a public servant, you speak with both parts of your mouth. You should have quoted the relevant part of the constitution that made strike action illegal, let alone a treason.
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