the Nigerian Labour Congress to reconsider its
planned nationwide strike on November 6th over
new Minimum Wage.
The President made this appeal when he
received members of the Association of Retired
Career Ambassadors of Nigeria led by
Ambassador Oladapo Fafowora at the
Presidential Villa on Monday.
The NLC strike is planned to begin on Tuesday,
November 6 and in a statement by Femi
Adesina, the President called for calm, saying his
administration was doing more with fewer
resources.
The statement read in part: “President Buhari
also appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress to
consider what this government inherited and the
more it is doing with fewer resources in putting
the economy right.
“The president reassured Nigerians that his
administration will sustain massive investments
to upgrade and develop the country’s transport
and power infrastructure.
“He said Nigerians will never forget the ‘‘lost
opportunity between 1999 and 2015,’’ when the
nation had huge resources at its disposal.
“There is no part of the country I haven’t been to,
having attempted to be President four times.
”I know the condition of our roads. The rails
were literally killed, there was no power despite
the admittance of some previous leadership that
they spent $16bn on the sector.
”Today, we are getting our priorities right and
we believe that of the three fundamental issues
we campaigned on – security, the economy and
fighting corruption-, we have remained very
relevant and Nigerians believe we have achieved
something.
“I will do my best to see that where there are
possibilities of making a quick improvement on
infrastructure, we will do it.”
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