…Faults president’s claim of lifting 10.5m Nigerians out of poverty, creating jobs
The Nigerian Labour group, Trade Union Congress, (TUC), has expressed doubt on the claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that his government has created 10. 5 million jobs, saying that the government must be creating the jobs for ghosts.
The TUC was reacting to the President’s claim, made during his nationwide broadcast on Sunday, while commemorating June 12 Democracy Day.
According to the TUC president, Comrade Quadri Olaleye, in the Food, Beverages and Tobacco industry alone, Nigeria has lost more than 10 million workers. Olaleye, who summed up the position of Labour on the president’s claim, pointed out that “each time we hear that information we feel that they are creating jobs for ghosts because all of us can’t see in our environment the people that have benefited from those jobs”.
He also questioned the kind of jobs the government of President Buhari was laying claiming to, regretting that the kind of the much-acclaimed 774,000 jobs in 774 local governments, as well as the N-power jobs that last for three months, six months and a year are short term jobs without security.
Olaleye advised the Federal Government to be very transparent in whatever steps they are taking in creating jobs, saying, “Since those people they created the jobs for are not ghosts, we should know them and know those who are engaged. So, we encourage the government to be more pro-active in whatever step they want to take in creating more jobs”.
While advising the government, he said, “we have advised them many times to look at their policies.
