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Against the backdrop of the recent horrendous landfall of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Madagascar, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on all governments in Africa and beyond to be alive to the challenges posed by.
This is even as it expressed grief and commiseration with the workers and people of the four countries affected by the environmental disaster.
The NLC acting president, Comrade Najeem Usman Yasin, said African leaders, more than ever befoe, would have to face the reality of climate change, especially with regard to making provisions for early warning systems and robust architecture of rescue initiatives and resources to deal with disasters of such nature.
“As devastating and painful as Cyclone Idai is, it affords all of us a moment of quiet reflection. Climate change is real. We can only mitigate and adapt to its realities,” he said.
Yasin stated that it was tragic that the climatic situation has left in its wake hundreds of deaths, thousands of displaced persons and large-scale destruction and disruption of public infrastructure, social facilities, property and livelihoods.
He said, “In Beira, the second largest city in Mozambique, Cyclone Idai left its most devastating footprints as it is estimated that nearly 90 per cent of the city has been destroyed. Similar waves of destruction impacted other cities and communities in different parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Madagascar, where Cyclone Idai bared its monstrous fangs.
