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Sylva charges Labour on April Polls
Newsdiaryonline Tue Mar 1,2011
Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has charged delegates to
the 10th Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Labour Congress
(NLC) that opened in Abuja on Tuesday, 01 March, to play
critical roles in ensuring that the forthcoming April polls are
free, fair and violence-free.
In his goodwill message to the opening of the conference in
Abuja Tuesday, Sylva said labour has a crucial role to play in
Nigeria’s quest for national transformation particularly
“in this crucial election year”. He eulogized the roles of
past labour leaders like Pa Michael Imodu whom he said had
remained ineffaceable in the history of the country.
According to Sylva, “the NLC has grown to become a national
umbrella which brings together all Nigerians to promote and
advocate a better life for all through cohesive and coordinated
interventions in various aspects of national life….”, adding:
“Building Nigeria anew entails looking back on the path to
nationhood, considering where we are at the moment, and deciding
whether the path we have chosen can take us to where we want to
be.”
The governor submitted that it is the task of the Nigerian
worker to ensure that the one-man-one vote concept prevails by
refusing to perpetrate acts that are inimical to the political
process. He also charged labour leaders to, through their
members that constitute the working class to report those that
indulge in such acts to the appropriate authorities.
Besides, the governor urged the delegates to focus on building
harmonious government-labour relations, saying that is the
reality of the post-Cold War international political economy. “I
urge the working class to always bear in mind the fact that
there is no demarcation between it and government. Both exist in
a symbiotic relationship naturally meant to bring in mutual
benefits”
Sylva disclosed that in Bayelsa State, a comprehensive programme
for economic transformation anchored on the creation of
harmonious socio-economic and political environment now exists.
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