The Community Head of Isajin Ibadan in Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State, Baale Kayode Bamiduro has appealed to Nigerian workers to shun the planned protest being proposed by Joe Ajaero led Nigeria Labour Congress in the interest of peace and tranquility.
Baale Bamiduro in a statement in Ibadan described the proposed protest as a continuation of the Labour party’s agenda to destabilize the country after losing the presidential election last year, adding that Ajaero’s antecedents before, during and after the elections were political in nature and therefore have no “locus standi” to call out the Nigerian workers for protest.
The traditional Chief further pleaded with Nigerian workers to consider the pleadings of a former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon who craved for more time for the present Administration to fix the battered economy inherited from the previous Administrations.
The Onisajin commended the governors of Borno, Professor Zulum, Lagos State Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and their counterpart in Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde for doing their best to alleviate the sufferings of their people in their respective states.
“Zulum’s direct involvement in the distribution of food items and palliatives, Sanwo-Olu’s cut in transportation fares and Engineer Makinde’s extension of the monthly palliatives money to Oyo workers and pensioners all deserves accolades from members of the general public”, the Baale said.
He therefore called on workers in those states in particular to shun any protest in reciprocation and solidarity with their governors who are doing everything within available resources to bring succour to them.
The statement also commended the leadership of the Trade Union Congress for backing out of the politically motivated action and called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to double his efforts to reposition the horrible situation that the country is passing through at the moment.
Baale Kayode Bamiduro
Baale of Isajin Ibadan
Egbeda Local Government
Oyo State
23 February, 2024.
