The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said Nigerian workers should be clapping for President Muhammadu Buhari’s government because the current administration has done well in the area of their welfare.
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Speaking on Channels Television, the Minister maintained that the current government has managed the welfare of workers better than the previous governments.
He said, “Many people will not remember very quickly during the military government, when there was embargo on employment; even embargo on promotions.
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“When people retire, the vacancies are there and the monies are returned to the coffers of the government. We are not doing so and I thought Nigerian workers should be clapping for us on that.“We are promoting them (workers)”.
As we speak, we are replacing those who have retired.
In fact, when people leave on high grades, we do what is called suppression and get more (people) on the lower grades. The Presidency doesn’t want anybody to be laid off.”
Ngige stressed that Buhari was concerned about the plight of workers because he was once a soldier, stressing the need for Nigerians to support him
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