Babayemi Urges Govt To Make Life Bearable For Workers
As workers nationwide celebrates Workers’ Day Monday, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Omooba Dotun Babayemi, has enjoined the federal and state governments in the country to evolve enduring mechanisms that would make life more bearable for Nigerian workers before their retirements.
Besides, the erstwhile governorship aspirant canvassed for a more attractive working conditions that would stimulate economic growth and at the same time, discourage the ‘Japa’ syndrome currently leading to the migration of Nigerians, especially the youth in the quest at seeking greener pastures.
Babayemi made the calls in his congratulatory message to the Nigerian workers to commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day.
To this effect, he charged the government to put in place a permanent solution to the recurring issue of non-payment of pensions and gratuities of retirees.
Babayemi contended that the prompt payment of serving and retired workers would stem the prevalent greed and corruption entrenched in the system.
According to him, the government could sincerely see to their welfare by not focusing on salary increase alone, then factors which normally engineer corruption would be done away with.
While not wishing away efforts of the government at all levels in improving the lot of the workers, he opined that more could still be done to extract dedication from the workers, a development he noted, would be beneficial to the nation’s economy.
The PDP stalwart in the same vein, urged the workers at all levels to rededicate themselves to work in order to bring about the needed transformation in all sectors of the country’s economy.
