By Seyi Babalola
Adams Oshiomhole, a senator from Edo North District, claimed on Tuesday that the interests of Nigerian workers are not being prioritized by the striking labour unions.
This came as he claimed that the organized labour movement would be better served by organizing state-level oversight of the execution of the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the federal government on October 2, 2023, rather than launching a nationwide strike on Tuesday.
“I will publicly support an action against any government that thinks that we should lament away our hunger…unfortunately, this strike is not about those issues…we have to be careful not to mix our political opinion with our responsibilities because the issues confronting workers are so many that they should become the priority,” Oshiomhole told the State House Correspondents when he emerged from closed-door talks with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
