The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has commended Nigerian workers for their resilience and support for government’s effort at re-building the nation, assuring them of continued commitment to their welfare in the new year. In a new year message signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Nwachukwu Obidiwe, the minister said the understanding showed by workers over the challenges the Federal Government faced in repositioning the economy and sanitizing the polity since 2015 was commendable. He added that the Federal Government has in appreciation made enormous sacrifices to protect the workers and secure their future. The minister said: “The workforce we inherited in 2015 was one seriously demoralized by decade long unpaid salaries and allowances; a restive workforce with simmering agitations and perennial threats of strike. It was a workforce challenged down by private sector retrenchments and varying unfair labour practices.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 01, 2020 18:33 UTC