TUC Felicitates With Muslims Faithfuls , Asks Govts To Show Love To Nigerians

L-R: Chairperson, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Comrade Afusatu Shaibu, Treasurer, Comrade Yunusa Muhammed, Deputy Gen. Secretary, Comrade Nuhu Toro, Secretary General, Comrade (Barr.) Musa-Lawal, President, Comrade Quadri Olaleye, 1st Deputy President, Comrade Bola-Audu Innocent, 2nd Deputy President, Comrade Oyinkan Olasanoye and Ex-Officio, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama during the National Executive Council (NEC) of Congress in Lagos recently.

By UDO ONYEKA

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria ,TUC, congratulates all Nigerians especially the Muslim faithfuls on this special occasion of Sallah celebration and also urges all to imbibe the lessons of total submission and obedience to the will of Almighty Allah.

In a statement signed by TUC President, Comrade Ouadri Olaleye and Secretary General, Comrade Musa- Lawal Ozigi said ” in this Is Kabir, we all must continue to be guided by the lessons of ultimate sacrifice to almighty Allah . We have every reason to be thankful to Allah (SWT) for the gift of life and good health to witness this day, notwithstanding the numerous challenges the country is confronted with.

” We want to seize this opportunity to unequivocally state here that Nigerians are worried and angry. We are fast beginning to lose faith in government at all levels. Of what good is this religious event to our leaders when they have deliberately refused to show love to fellow Nigerians? The Covid-19 pandemic has given a deadly blow to the whole world and further exposed our collapsed health sector and weak economy. We are against government taking more loans when they cannot account for the recovered loot, monies from fuel hike, Value Added Tax (VAT), etc.”

TUC urges Muslims to emulate the Holy Prophet Mohammed by imbibing the ideals of sacrifice by extending a hand of friendship and solidarity across all divides, bearing in mind that all men are strangers to this world.

According to TUC this is an auspicious opportunity for us to reflect, pray for the nation and and for once determine to do the right things.

Further TUC call on the Federal and Kaduna state government to immediately stop the mass killings in the country and especially in Kaduna State.

” From available reports, apart from the killings by the Boko Haram sect, we read that people are being killed in Katsina, Benue, Southern Kaduna, Zamfara, etc. Children and women are not exempted. We cannot go on like this.

” These killings must stop and culprits and their sponsors brought to book. A new and peaceful Nigeria is possible if we practice what we preach. Hypocrisy has taken so much from us. We must all turn a new leaf now before it is too late”, TUC said.