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Founder of the One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharajji, has advised Nigerian workers to shelve their planned strike and embrace dialogue with the federal government to address their demands for improved welfare.
Sat Maharaj Ji who gave the advice in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan Tuesday said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a listening leader who has demonstrated a willingness to engage Nigerians and address issues affecting different sectors of the country.
Emphasizing that the demands of workers are legitimate but that industrial action could further strain the country’s fragile economy, he noted that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other labour organisations should explore all legitimate means of negotiation to bring the government to the negotiating table as the country cannot afford further economic disruption.
“President Tinubu, right from day one of his administration, has shown that he is a listening father, who has always been showing his readiness to engage with Nigerians and address issues affecting different sectors of the country,” he said.
Sat Guru Maharajji added, “Both the federal government and the current leadership of the NLC inherited an economy already facing serious challenges, which, said, required constructive engagement and collective efforts to rebuild.”
While attributing Nigeria’s economic difficulties partly to what he described as the legacy of European imperialism, colonial subjugation and exploitation, he said the country needed to address the underlying causes of its economic problems rather than rely on recurring industrial disputes.
He said, “Unproductive cycle of disagreements between government officials and organised labour,” as well as “repeated strikes, blame games and promises had not provided lasting solutions to workers’ welfare concerns.”
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