Strike: NLC leaders pursuing hidden interest – Daniel Bwala

Daniel Bwala, the former spokesperson of the Atiku/Okowa campaign group, has lambasted the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for the ongoing nationwide strike.

Daniel Bwala questioned why the Labour Congress chose to go on strike on the day students across the country were expected to write examinations.

Taking to his Twitter handle on Monday, the former lawmaker said that the NLC was hurting the very families it claimed to be fighting for.

Bwala alleged that the NLC was pursuing interests other than those of the workers.

He wrote: “@NLCHeadquarters Nigerian Labour Party Congress, you choose to go on strike on the day students across the country are expected to start writing examinations; thereby hurting the very families you claimed to be fighting for, Abi?

“You too well know also how much the federal government will be losing daily when you are on strike; and you expect the government to use blocks and pay your wage demand, Abi?

“Whilst I agree with the need to increase workers’ salaries to match inflation, I, however, condemn any conduct of Labour Party union leaders that will further increase the sufferings of their members and the Nigerian people.

“The day the workers’ eyes open to see whose interests the labour leaders are pursuing, that day workers would sing ‘Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.’”