Director of Labour in the APC Presidential Campaign Council and director general Michael Imodu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS) Comrade Issa Aremu has said the APC presidential candidate Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu is determined to do more for Nigerian workers, if elected in 2023.
Aremu stated that the APC presidential candidate is committed to the Labour charter of demands and will maintain a Labour friendly relations.
The former deputy president of NLC, made this known at the NLC Secretariat Jos while interacting with NLC leaders and members in the state.
He said Tinubu is the only presidential candidate with vast experience that will consolidate the Labour friendly relations of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by providing decent work and creating Jobs for Nigerians, saying Nigerian workers will be home with Tinubu than any other presidential candidate.
“Despite the insecurity challenges, President Muhammadu Buhari has done his best and remained a Labour Friendly President, and has also resisted pressure to retrench or downsize workers, he insists that civil servants’ salaries must be increased from N18,000 to N30,000, ensure that salaries are paid as when due”.
Aremu added that Buhari is a Labour-friendly president who has given bailouts to over 28 states and settled the salaries of workers.
According to him, Buhari’s intention is to industrialise Nigeria and revive the textile industries which Tinubu will continue with.
He however called on Nigerian workers to vote for the APC presidential candidate, adding that the Labour Party which was registered by workers has been hijacked by unknown persons who don’t have Nigerian workers at heart.
“I want to urge you all comrade to shine your eyes and support the APC presidential candidate Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu who will maintain Labour friendly relations. Politics is about structures and not singing Aluta, now Labour Party was our own, some of us including our Former National President Adams Oshiomle contest election, but the Labour Party has being hijacked now by unknown Persons, so we need to look at the Party that has the agenda of Workers and APC is the best now”.
He noted that APC is the party because of the Labour-friendly partnership and ready to move Nigeria forward come 2023.
He added that Tinubu’s manifestos covers job security, work decency as well as Job retention. He added that APC campaigns will be issues-based.
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