Ahead of planned nationwide strike action by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Nigeria Civil Society Forum has blamed the 36 state governors of the Federation for the hardship being faced by Nigerians.
Convener of the forum, Dr Godwin Abutu, at a press conference, yesterday, in Abuja accused state governments of mismanaging palliatives running into billions of naira meant for indigent Nigerians.
The forum wondered why the NLC chapters in the state would direct their anger at the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.
The forum argued that it was common knowledge that embarking on strike actions had not resolved any problem faced by the Nigerian masses.
The group, therefore, gave the NLC 24 hours to drop the idea of a warning strike and go to the roundtable with the government to explore avenues of ameliorating the hardship faced by Nigerians.
Abutu said: “While we are not worried over the threats to drag the government through the strike, we are once again concerned that these groups have always used these threats to collect gratifications from government and betray the people, a situation we are out to arrest this time as spokespersons of the masses of this country.
“We do not expect the leadership of NLC to pretend not to be aware that the warning strike won’t proffer any solution to our present predicament, but rather satisfy only their ego and cash out from their sponsors and co-travellers.
“They may be enjoying the sympathy of opposition politicians and saboteurs now, but that will not be forever. As the members of the civil society have always reiterated there is no room for sabotage; our country is all that we have and we must always do our best to make it grow.
The CSO forum also urged the Federal Government to find urgent and lasting solutions to the rampaging herdsmen terrorising farmers across the country.
