06/06/2023
N L C AND THE ALTERNATIVE TO STRIKE
The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress should be commended for shelving what would have been the mother of all strikes by the unions.
This will indeed save millions of Nigerians the pains of going through another strike in the face of many daunting challenges confronting the people.
However, there's needs for trade unions to go beyond wage increase or palliatives as solutions to the current malady.
Labour should rather press for lean government at all levels to save cost, massive construction of roads and rehabilitation of existing ones, huge investment in rail to link the nation, steady and uninterrupted power supply to improve the economy, revamping and equipping public schools, access to affordable health care and investment in agriculture and protection of lives and properties through improve security; all this will greatly impact on the lives of Nigerians if properly adhere to.
In view of the above the federal government under the leadership of his Excellency president Bola Tinubu should be commended for his Swift response to the Labour planned strike.