L-R: Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu; President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar; President Goodluck Jonathan; and President, Trade Union Congress, Mr. Peter Esele, during the May Day celebration in Abuja... on Wednesday.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday disagreed with the Organised Labour over the increasing cases of corruption in the country. While the President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar, and the President-General of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. Peter Esele, bemoaned the prevalence of corruption and called on the Federal Government to give its anti-graft war more bite, Jonathan blamed some labour members for sleaze in the polity.
Omar argued that “monumental corruption” was responsible for the problems of unemployment, insecurity and general underdevelopment in the country.
The NLC boss also frowned on the
abandonment of several corruption allegations against some highly
placed government officials in courts due to lack of diligent
prosecution.
He expressed fears that the more recent cases of oil subsidy fraud would also follow in the same path.
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