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On February 8, 2017 I tweeted about joining the NLC on their walk
for good governance. I was really not too surprised at the kinds of responses I
got from fellow frustrated Nigerians: My people just dey query me as per how
somebody like me go come gum body with NLC "Fake" people
like that.
For starters, let me
make this clear; If the devil like make him hold rally, I go appear to use that
platform to send my message to my fellow frustrated Naijas. Until I posted a
tweet about marching with NLC in Lagos, I didn't realize how most nigerians had
lost respect/trust for the union. In fact one of the feedbacks I received
blaming the compromised NLC for the death of a family member really evoked some
strange feelings in me.
The Late Dr. Oghenetega
Umukoro battled diabetes for 20 years. His condition, however, became
particularly difficult in 2014 because he was an employee of a state in this
country owing workers 6 months Salary. He had been solely dependent on various
degrees of loans to not just manage the sickness but also manage his family -A
Beautiful family of three boys and a girl. He lost his wife Elizabeth in 2011
due to childbirth complications. His miserable life of Sickness; Struggling to
pay Tuition fees for his children's education, poor feeding and debilitating
cost of general upkeep for the family, led to further complications medically
and he died a few months ago. His Corpse has been in the Mortuary for well over
4 months now, his children are all alone and have no idea what the future
holds. The brief story of late Dr. Oghenetega Umukoro of Blessed Memory is the
story of the Nigerian Public and Private Sector Worker and Workforce.
It's on record that President
Buhari first gave a N350billion Salary Stimulus pack for 27 State Government.
The first in the History of this Country and was continually giving further
bailouts and Support to every state of the Federation totalling over four
bailouts and budget support. Recently every State of the Federation got on the
Average of between N10bbillion-14.5Billion from the Paris Club Debt Refunds and
it is on record that President Muhammadu Buhari Impressed it on State Governors
to do the Right thing because he is constitutionally handicap to enforce
Financial Fiscal Discipline at the State Level. If the President can understand
the Suffering of the people in the Ghetto and as a result of his desire to
cushion the suffering of the workers provide Bailouts totally about N3 Trillion
Since 2015 under two years what has Organized Labour down to support the
President? I No See Anything oh! And sadly, most Governors squandered the
Bailout and did not pay the workers that the funds were meant for while Labour
Siddon dey Look like mumu.
NLC/TUC and organised
Labour Leaders have been silent, complacent and I believe mago magoly
benefitted from those bailout that was dedicated to the suffering ordinary
civil servants. They did not and could not mobilize to fight the roguish governors
and for the workers because the suffering of the labour force had become
abstract to the leadership of Labour. Organized Labour has become an enemy of
the Nigerian people.
From the National Health
Insurance Scheme; To various Housing Scheme of Government; To Programmes for
the reduction in Pregnancy and Childbirth related Deaths, The Leadership of
Organized Labour in Nigeria has been ineffective and compromised in the Battles
for Workers' Rights. They are Insensitive and have play no noticeable and
viable role in the monitoring and investigation of the Frauds of Government and
Governance on behalf of the Nigerian People in the National Assembly; The
Judiciary; Failing MDAs; State and Local Governments. NLC and TUC were in this
country and practically endorsed the last decade of Audacious mismanagement and
Mindless Insane Looting of our Treasury; I Just Dey Vex!. They were silent,
incoherent, indiscipline, selfish, greedy and destructive, to say the least.
NLC and TUC have been at the forefront of the Corruption of the Nigerian
Workforce and the destruction of the moral values of the Nigerian Workforce.
The leadership of organized labour have come to symbolize what has been wrong
with our collective being in this country. Oh! how I wish the Labour Leadership
of old can be resurrected.
I was the one who use to
mobilised lagos state in those days for NLC under the leadership of the
character called Adams Oshiomole. That one had a habit of calling off strikes,
doing different James Bond on Naijas. I backed out when I discovered him way no
be my way.
What I got from people's
negative responses to this rally is that the NLC and TUC are alone in their
battle against the President. And this is purportedly so because the NLC were
silent when Nigerians were buying PMS at over N200/litre when it was officially
N86.50/Litre; they are silent as the cost of living sky rockets every blessed
day, they are silent when workers are not paid salaries for months in different
states, and are not as engaging when the suffering people needs them the most.
State governors owe workers up to 12months salary. I swear, Na God go punish
all the bad people amongst us after the masses deal with them very soon.
The NLC and TUC
Leadership have continually Ignored the Criminality and Looting by the National
Assembly over the Past Decade. The Hypocrisy of Organized Labour Leadership is
blatantly open for all Nigerians to see. They have been fighting the wrong
battles under the guise of fighting for the people, forgetting that a battle
for the people must be owned by the people. I may have marched with them, but
their ways are not my ways. I dey hope say dem go change and begin answer their
true calling or else, fellow frustrated Nigerians will occupy their
headquarters until sanity is restored again.
#OurMumuDonDo !!!
Areafada Charlyboy
President.
Frustrated Nigerians
Tweeter/instagram
@areafada1
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