Akume also urged visiting CAN members to partner with the government in its efforts to provide infrastructures for the citizens
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, has accused the organized labour of committing treasonable offence.
According to him, the decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to shut down the national grid during the nationwide strike amounts to treason anywhere in the world.
The SGF made this known on Thursday in Abuja during a meeting with the National Executive Council (NEC), of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).
Addressing the visitors during the meeting, Akume said: “Nowhere in the world has labour ever tampered with the national grid. It is treason. Treasonable felony is economic sabotage; you don’t do that.
“We are trying to rebuild the economy. The president is picking it up, and they want to destroy it. Of what use is that to all of us? That is not the way.”
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Also speaking on the efforts of the FG to ease the economic hardship in the country, the former Benue State governor assured the visitors that the President Tinubu-led administration is taking steps to alleviate the suffering of the masses.
“It is not that we are not working. We are working, and that is why we implemented the N35,000 wage, which is more than the minimum wage.
“There are buses ready to be distributed, and soon, rice and other essentials will be available,” he added.
Akume went on to urge the church to partner with the government in its efforts to provide infrastructures for the citizens.
“The church must collaborate with the government in providing facilities for people, whether it is in education, health, or agriculture,” he further said.
