May Day: Workers’ welfare remains mirage – Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the much
talked-about prospects of wage increments for the Nigerian worker remain a
mirage despite prolonged pledges and flowery words by the government.

Atiku, who said this in an International Workers Day message
to Nigerian workers on Monday, noted that as they join their counterparts
across the world to celebrate International Workers Day, “it is a sobering
truth that the plight of the Nigerian worker remains dire.“

He expressed sympathy with Nigerian workers, stating that
they have not had it so bad with government policies skewed against their
welfare.

According to the 2023 PDP presidential candidate, “After the
contraction and contradictions by the government about whether the subsidy
regime has gone or it is still being implemented, the country is today facing
the angst of frustration by Nigerians who waste precious man-hours in queues at
petrol stations across the country.

“The petrol subsidy is purportedly gone; yet its impact
lingers – revealing the ineptitude of the current federal government.