Labour leaders march for job creations for Nigerian Youth

– The leaders of the NLC and TUC today marched out in numbers to get the Government attention on the need to provide good jobs

– The labour unions also called for the immediate implementation of the new  minimum wage

Ahead of the 2019 May 1st workers day, the leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC and Trade Union Congress TUC, today marched out in their numbers to get the Government attention on the need to create jobs for the growing numbers of Nigerian Youths.

The Labour Unions disclosed that the Government must attend to the rising unemployment rate in the country.

According to the Labour Unions, the Government must work out means to eradicate unemployment that has made many youths venture into crime.

It also stated that mass jobs creations must come with decent pay to enhance productivity.

The body also called on the Government to support social institutions.

Labour leaders during their march also called for the immediate implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000 recently signed by Pres. Muhammadu Buhari.

Below is a part of the statement signed by the Chairman of the 2019 May Day Preparatory Committee, Najeem Yasin, it read,

The consequence of mass unemployment in our country, especially youth unemployment is finding expression daily on our streets and communities in the form of increasing crime wave.

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“It is high time we arrested this dangerous drift before it consumes all of us. As we march today, we call on government, employers in the private sector, international development partners and local social actors to come together to plot a way out of this cauldron.

“We call on government to rehabilitate public roads, power supply, railways, inland waterways, schools, and hospitals as enabling infrastructure for mass industrialisation and mass job creation.

“Whatever the government does; now is the time to create mass decent jobs for our teeming youth.

“Mass jobs without decent remunerations would be counter-productive. We call on all employers of labour to quickly commence the implementation of the new national minimum wage of N30,000.

“The Nigeria Labour movement will keep a hawk’s eye on all employers of labour, especially state governments to ensure total compliance on the implementation of the new national minimum wage.”

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