Additionally present was Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s nominee for president in the 2023 election.
On Monday, the Organized Labor urged that the retirement age for all public employees be raised from 60 to 65 years old and from 35 to 40 years of service.
During this year’s Workers’ Day celebration, which had the theme “Workers’ Rights and Socioeconomic Justice,” the Organized Labour made the demand.
To commemorate the 2023 May Day Celebration, past and present leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and other affiliate unions gathered in Eagle Square Abuja.
The May Day festivities this year would be the last ones held under the presidency of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, and his team were to be the subject of an independent panel’s investigation on their conduct during the general elections of 2023, according to the Organised Labour.
The organization urged a probe into the Ministry of Aviation’s N12 billion purchase of ten fire trucks.
In order for societies to survive and for countries to be resilient in the face of upheavals and turmoil, according to Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of the NLC. He also noted that Nigeria needs the presence of this mass to kickstart the development process.
According to him, workers’ rights are violated by low pay, misuse of workplace privileges, and unpaid wages.
For his part, Comrade Festus Osifo, President of the TUC, lamented the state of the economy, which he claimed was operating on autopilot and barely surviving while those in charge of managing it kept polluting and poisoning it.
He referred to the terrible circumstance in which the nation is led by those who take great pleasure in implementing laws that are harmful to the advancement of the country, such as the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) policy of currency revamping.
Boss Mustapha, the secretary to the government of the federation, Chris Ngige, the minister of labor and employment, Mohammed Bello, the minister of the federal capital territory, and Pauline Tallen, the minister of women’s affairs, are all present at the event.
Additionally present was Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s nominee for president in the 2023 election.
