The Presidency, On Monday, criticized the Nigerian Labour for politicizing its ongoing nationwide strike, with President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, expressing concern that the organized Labour in Nigeria is neglecting the very people it should be advocating for.
Onanuga lamented the dire consequence of the strike, highlighting the lack of access to medical care for sick individuals at government hospitals. Taking to X, Onanuga shared his thoughts.
“It’s saddening that Labour could go to this extreme. But it is not surprising to the perceptive minds. Labour is harming the Nigerian people they claim to be fighting for. Today, many sick Nigerians cannot access medical care at government hospitals.
“Not even those with critical medical conditions. It appears labour is playing politics by other means. Many of the affiliates of the two central unions, NLC and TUC are members and supporters of the Labour Party.
“They logically bear ill will and grudges against the Tinubu administration. Otherwise, the issue they claim to be fighting for cannot be resolved by blackmail or sabotage, they cannot even be resolved by the Federal Government unilaterally, the Labour leaders will still have to return to the negotiating table.”
