By Eberechi Obinagwam,
President of Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has urged Nigerian leaders at various levels of leadership to imbibe the virtue of Easter in rebuilding the nation.
Ajaero in a release, said the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross marked by commemoration of Easter offers all a chance for deep reflection on the virtues of the greatest love and sacrifice and of undying hope.
He urged Nigerian workers and all Nigerians to imbibe the virtues of Easter through manifestation of the spirit of love through forgiveness, sacrifice, hope and sincerity.
Ajearo, similarly urged Nigerian leaders at various levels of leadership who brought upon the country this level of pain, privation and acrimony to not treat the virtues of Easter as platitudes but core values for healing, rebuilding, and repositioning of the country.
According to the statement, it is important to note that Jesus died a painful death on the cross not pleasing the establishment of the day but challenging it to do the right thing.
In like manner, Ajaero said, ”We at the Nigeria Labour Congress owe it not only a moral obligation to continually remind the government of its duties and obligations to the people, we will sensitise the people to their rights.
“We shall resist any attempt to criminalise our hard-earned right to peaceful protest against the ills perpetrated by operators of the Nigeria state.”
He added, “In the spirit of Easter, and in line with our protest tradition, we make bold to state that we have the capacity and the will to protest peacefully against wrongs by government when necessary. We similarly urge all Nigerians to protest within the ambit of the law when they feel short-changed.”
Ajaero, however, urged the Christian faithful and their neighbours to celebrate the Easter in peace.
