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May Day: Vote Out Bad Governance, Atiku Urges Workers

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May 1, 2022.

Yinka Akanbi

Atiku promised that if voted to power in 2023, he will ensure better working conditions and create employment opportunities for jobless Nigerians
He rallied the workers to demonstrate the willpower to change their poor working conditions by voting out bad governance…

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, urged workers across the country to rise in unison by directing their grievances toward voting out bad governance during next year’s general election both at the federal and state levels.

Atiku, in a statement issued on Sunday and shared on his Twitter page in commemoration of the Year 2022 International Workers’ Day, rallied the workers to demonstrate the willpower to change their poor working conditions by voting out bad governance during the 2023 elections.

While praising the resilience and determination of Nigerian workers, despite the myriad of man-made challenges confronting them, the presidential aspirant promised that if voted to power in 2023, he will ensure better working conditions and create employment opportunities for jobless Nigerians.

The statement read, “Dear Nigerian workers, I will like you to know that I feel your unbearable pains and pang of hunger, hyperinflation, mass unemployment and insecurity challenges you encounter in your daily lives.

“But I want to assure you that there’s hope from this socio-economic slope if we remain committed to the process to enthrone One People with One Future and One Country for the good of all.

“Nigerian workers at all levels and all sectors – federal, state, local governments, and private sector – may do well to adopt a new approach to industrial relations and dispute resolution by pursuing labour-friendly policies and positions that will guarantee improved national productivity, better working conditions for workers, particularly low-income staff and casual workers who have suffered so much anguish and pains in their daily working lives and living.

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“I wish to let Nigerian workers know that I feel their pains and would do the utmost to better their lots if given an opportunity to lead the country.

“However, I wish to assure you that all hope is not lost. You need not be forlorn; the time is ripe to vote out bad governance, and Nigerian workers should lead the way with their voter’s cards at the next polls to ensure the return of better days,” his statement partly read.

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