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From Adanna Nnamani, Abuja
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged workers to be very deliberate in their engagement with the political process come 2023, stating that it is the torch of hope that must not be wasted.
The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, who stated this in a message to workers on Friday, said it was difficult to keep urging workers and ordinary Nigerians to hold on to the life buoy of hope in the midst of a burgeoning bay of darkness.
His words: “Yet, hope is Christmas sublime message. It is only prudent that we take sinew from the knowledge that the darkest night usually births the brightest mornings. We believe that Nigeria’s brightest morning is just ahead of us.
“After this Christmas, the next major event that will face us as a country would be the 2023 general elections. There is no bigger harbinger of hope than the opportunity to select a fresh set of political leaders. Political leadership is the match that lights the torch of hope. Every country would rise and fall with its choice of political leadership. Nigeria is no exception.
“Workers must identify with political party candidates who demonstrate commitment to lighting up the end of the tunnels of economic downturns marked by soaring inflation, widespread insecurity, deepening poverty, escalating crises of unemployment especially among the youth demography of our country, decadent physical infrastructure, and brazen corruption in high places.”
Wabba bemoaned the sad realities of many Nigerian workers and ordinary people who are currently going through the dark tunnel of soaring inflation marked by very steep increases in the prices of essential goods and services.
