President Bola Tinubu yesterday threw jabs at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over its series of industrial actions, saying calling four strikes against his administration that is barely nine months is unacceptable.
The president, who stated this at the official commissioning of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT), Red Line in Lagos, also said his administration will fight corruption that is currently fighting back at his administration to the end.
He said, “The labour has gone on strike four times within my nine months in government. That’s a record. Calling for a strike in just nine months of an administration is unacceptable. NLC is not the only voice in Nigeria. It should wait till 2027 if it is interested in joining the electoral process.”
Tinubu said he was aware of the complaints being made over the economic challenges in the country, saying he won’t complain because he asked for the nation’s top job.
“I am assuring that Nigeria will be out of economic problems; we just need to persevere, work hard and be assured”, he said.
Tinubu identified corruption as one of the major reasons the country is facing economic challenges and promised not to look back in the fight against the menace.
He reassured Nigerians that his administration was committed to fighting corruption to ruins.
“No going back on reforms. Smugglers will fight back, corruption will fight back but we will fight and win. Corruption will go away. The fight against corruption is on; we will not look back; we will fight it to ruins.
“I speak to Nigerians through this podium that change is possible and change we must achieve, progress we must achieve. It is not about the single individual, it is about the highest growing population in the world. If you travel abroad, out of every five black individuals is a Nigerian.
“We cannot afford to relax the burgeoning population; we must plan and prepare for it, we must be committed to a great value, this economy we must blow it, we will build ourselves out of the penury and will be happy that we did it.
“Taking a close look at work in aviation, what is our problem, if it is corruption, we must exterminate it. No matter how hard it is fighting back, we will say no to corruption, we must adhere to our pledge, patriotism, perseverance, consistency and stay open”, he said.
