Chidi Samuel|
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed to the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress not embark on a planned industrial action scheduled for Tuesday, November, 6.
In making the appeal, the President urged labour to consider the rot his administration inherited and pleaded with them to show more understanding especially with the more infrastructure his administration was putting in place with fewer resources.
President Buhari made the appeal when he received members of the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
In a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, “President Buhari also appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress to consider what this government inherited and the more it is doing with fewer resources in putting the economy right.”
The President who told the visiting retired Ambassadors that Nigerians will never forget the ‘‘lost opportunity between 1999 and 2015,’’ when the nation had huge resources at its disposal, noted that he has visited all parts of the country.
Buhari said, ”There is no part of the country I haven’t been to, having attempted to be President four times”.
”I know the condition of our roads. The rails were literally killed, there was no power despite the admittance of some previous leadership that they spent $16bn on the sector.
”Today, we are getting our priorities right and we believe that of the three fundamental issues we campaigned on – security, the economy and fighting corruption-, we have remained very relevant and Nigerians believe we have achieved something.”
”I will do my best to see that where there are possibilities of making a quick improvement on infrastructure, we will do it,” he said.