The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC has drawn a battle line with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike over the demolitions in the capital city, Abuja.
The NLC president Comrade Joe Ajaero in an interview described the demolitions which
he said were mainly directed at the poor as akin to Hitler’s tyranny.
During an AIT interview, Comrade Ajaero responded to a question by saying: “Shelter is among Maslow’s hierarchy of wants and you go and smash it and ask them to go to hell and your so called master plan is in your pocket.
Nobody is aware of your master plan’s location. Some of them utilise their retirement benefits to start foundations (and you demolish them), and that will not continue’, Ajaero stated as he saw the NLC form a battle line over Wike’s demolition plan in Abuja.
Comrade Ajaero said that the Nigerian upper class was at war with the underclass, saying that “Nigeria’s political class should realise that the underclass is suffering to the point that they can no longer breathe.”
Noting Wike’s approach to the demolitions, which he claimed primarily harmed Abuja’s poor, the NLC president declared: “It is impoverishing the masses and it is done with a level of impunity similar to Hitler’s tyranny in Germany.” This should stop since more workers are being impacted. If you look at the folks whose homes are being torn down, it is this group of individuals for whom you haven’t supplied housing. According to Vanguard.
“Even when it is specified in the Constitution, Nigeria’s propensity for welfare is gone.
Nobody takes care of your transportation, you produce your own electricity and water, you pay for your children’s schooling, and there are no hospitals. Even when employees donate money for housing policies, it gets misappropriated.
So, this battle cannot go on, the NLC president declared, pledging to stop the alleged Wike-initiated demolitions that harm Abuja’s working class.
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