By joshua You Don’t Change A Winning Team – SA Labour As Workplace Security Campaign Ends With Visit To Lokoja
As the workplace security sensitization campaign rounded off with a visit to Lokoja Local Government Area, the leader of the team and Special Adviser to the Governor on Labour Matters, Comrade Onuh Edoka, has declared that there is no need to change a winning team.
Speaking to workers in Lokoja on Monday, Comrade Edoka said workers must remain resolute in their decision to return Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in order to preserve their jobs and guarantee improved welfare.
The Special Adviser noted that the era of poverty and despondency among the workforce was over, stressing that workers must not wish for a return to the dark old days.
According to him, the only way to secure the future is to support the re-election of the Governor and the President through massive votes in the coming elections, having fared well under the present administration.
“If care is not taken, those who are not supposed to be fishermen will become fishermen, those who are not supposed to be begging will turn to beggars saying raikadede. You are all looking good because the Governor is doing well and paying attention to workers’ welfare. It is important we consider all these with a view to taking decisive actions for our own collective interests. The Governor has proved to be labour-friendly because he was a worker. What else do we want? Look at the number of former labour leaders appointed by him into his administration, this is heartwarming and should be celebrated,” Edoka remarked.
The Special Adviser urged Lokoja workers to be upright in their decisions, adding that the workplace security campaign was designed to create adequate awareness on the need for total freedom and safety for the workforce.
In his remarks, the State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Gabriel Amari, explained that the security tips were put in place to safeguard Local Government workers in view of the current security challenges facing the nation.
Comrade Amari commended Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for his efforts at curbing insecurity and urged the workforce to reciprocate the Governor’s kind gestures.
Earlier, the Director of Local Government, Alhaji Aliyu Musa Omuwa, said they were pleased with the sensitization to workers at the Local Government, explaining that too much campaign was not needed at their level in view of the good works of the Governor.
Alhaji Omuwa commended the Special Adviser on Labour for his commitment to duty, noting that Comrade Onuh Edoka has lived by his name through sincerity in service.
The Lokoja DLG appealed to the Governor to ensure mobilization of workers during elections, adding that such initiative would help to reduce the workload.
The Chairman of NULGE in the area, Comrade Abdulmumuni Jibrin, who spoke on behalf of other sister unions, praised the team for its hard work, saying the visit has multiplier effects which are all positive.
Comrade Jibrin, who also passed a vote of confidence on the Ododo administration, promised massive support for the Governor in the coming election, and appealed to the Special Adviser to help in addressing some of their challenges.