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joggyko: Ahead of the planned nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress,TUC, a Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, under the aegis of the Lagos Peoples Assembly, in collaboration with Defend Lagos Coalition, have stressed the need to shelve the protest in the interest of national peace and progress. The coalition, however, called for continued dialogue with the Federal Government in order to avert further hardship on citizens. The coalition include: Campaign Against Impunity and Domestic Violence, Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate CPPM, Patriotism Awareness Forum, Centre for Leadership and Democratic Ethics, Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups, COSEG, Ideal Society Movement, among others.
Spokesman of the coalition, comrade Nelson Ekujumi, made the remarks during a media briefing, titled: Constructive engagements is the way out of our economic challenges,” on Sunday, in Lagos.
According to Ekujumi, “LPA, which is a coalition of over 80 civil society and community-based organizations, public interests and self-determination groups and small business owners whose businesses are yet to fully recover from the EndSARS protest and covid-19, with a focus on good governance, peace and development of our dear Lagos State in particular and Nigeria in general.
“Comrades, associates, the media, ladies and gentlemen, this press conference is one out of so many of our medium for constructive engagements with both the governed and government on how to hold the government accountable as well as play our roles as patriotic and conscientious citizens at all times.
“As we all know, it’s an indisputable fact that Nigerians are going through economic challenging times like citizens of other countries in the world, which is an admission of the truism that the present day economic challenges is a global phenomenon.
“The economic challenges we are presently facing was foretold in the past by economic experts who x-rayed our economic reality and admonished us to be prepared for tough times ahead and like it’s said, “tough times don’t last, but tough people do.
“Therefore, we are optimistic that Nigerians as tough people will overcome this present economic times like we have always done collectively in the past. “As much as we are not here to engage in the blame game, it is imperative for us to recognize that the implementation of the removal of the fuel subsidy regime by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration and the unification of the forex system, was an inevitable and without doubt the only alternative to terminating the hemorrhaging of the Nigerian economy and to retool it for the economic prosperity of its people in the long run. “We have watched and listened to how some persons and interest have tried to mislead and confuse the Nigerian people by saying that the retooling of the economy by the President Tinubu administration is a foreign economic pill that was prescribed for Nigeria.
“Absolutely untrue, Nigerians themselves being economically savvy prescribed this solution in order to remove the Nigerian economy from the life support machine that it was plugged in.
“Today, the new economic measures has come with some pains which is not unexpected such as the prices of goods and services shooting up due to so many factors, some of which are within the control of the government and citizenry, we are also aware that the revenue accruing to government at all tiers have increased triple fold.
“Thus, we are living witnesses to the temporary palliative measures put in place to ease the burden on Nigerians by the federal government as well as the recently unveiled palliative measures by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration in Lagos State which includes reducing public transportation fares by 25%, reducing work days of category of public workers from 5 to 3 days, opening up of 42 Sunday markets to allow Lagosians to buy food stuffs at reduced price, as well as the recently inaugurated committee on palliatives, among several others. “We can see for ourselves that the citizens cries about the economic reality have not gone unheeded not only from the federal government, but also here in Lagos State, where we see local government council administrations also embarking on palliative measures to cushion the effect of the economic challenges on our people.
“It is in this vein, that as LPA which is an assemblage of Nigerians of different ethnic, religious and professional calling living and doing business in Lagos, that we are earnestly adding our voice to that of other patriots and men and women of goodwill and peace, to call on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve it’s two days protest marches for the sake of national peace and security.
“While we recognize the right of the labour unions to embark on protest or strike, as conscientious citizens and residents of Lagos, we are conscious that Labour as a factor of production creates wealth which is the motto of NLC, and going on a protest march at this point in time will be injurious to the economic wellbeing of Lagosians, Nigerians and a negation of what labour stands for.
“Lagos State like we all know is a volatile environment, because it is the envy of anti democratic elements who would stop at nothing to pull the state and Nigeria backward at the slightest opportunity.
“The trauma of the 2020 EndSARS protests with its damage to limbs, destruction of life and public and private properties still haunts us till date. “The only solution to our economic challenges is constructive engagements between the government and the citizenry and not protest marches or strikes, the Lagos State government has inaugurated it’s committee on the distribution of palliatives which is made up of eminent Nigerians.
“It is our conviction and belief that this committee of which we are admonishing other states governments to follow suit, should be given the benefit of doubt to play it’s part in alleviating the plight of the common man for which they have been constituted to do.
“We want it placed on record that LPA will help monitor the various social intervention programmes recently announced by the Lagos State government to ensure they are judiciously executed for the benefit of the people and we will also provide regular independent reports to the Lagos State government as our own contribution.
“As an assembly of Lagosians, LPA will at all times, hold government at all levels, accountable to the tenets of good governance, while also admonishing the citizenry to be alive to their duties and responsibilities.”
hopefulLandlord: The idea of heaven is so stupid I wonder how people believe it lol The Bible doesn't say much about what heaven is supposed to be like. Most of the claims about heaven are exaggerations of the Bible. The Bible says the Gates are made of pearl. What are the gates for? Are they made just as an excuse to irritate clams? Are the gates supposed to keep someone out or to keep souls from escaping?
it also says the streets are paved with gold but the only reason we actually like gold so much and we attach such values to it is because they are rare and difficult to extract. Gold is malleable and can be formed as needed for use in, among others, electronics, dentistry, medical tools, and the defense, aerospace, and automotive industries. Gold is durable and noncorrosive. However gold shouldn't be valuable at all in heaven unless we'd still need to use gold for those things in heaven too which actually makes heaven just another version of earth
The sales pitch for heaven is that there is only happiness and no sorrow. But it also says that many people's loved ones won't be there. Since they can't feel sorrow about that, are they ecstatic that their loved ones are being tortured forever? Either your memories are removed or your human empathy is removed. Is it really you that is left over once some parts of you have been removed?
If life matters to me now, it will always have mattered to me, even when I am gone. Death cannot change that.
Your best hope is to be locked in a gold cage with your memories of having an actual life being erased just so you can kiss ass for eternity.
Life is pleasant, death is serene. The transition might be troublesome but we all have to go through it. You shouldn't fear death so much. Heaven and hell are imaginary. You should reject the indoctrination. Life is much better that way.
To quote a friend: "Heaven's supposed to be this really great place, right? So how come a third of the angels got pissed off??"
You're a fool... After voting for who want to be called "Mr President" you're now putting blame on the youths. What n what has he put in place for things to strive
Tajbol4splend: Prices of food stuff should not be one of the consequences of fuel subsidy removal if Nigerians are farming, imagine if northerners don't practice Agriculture, how would our lives be? A bag of beans would be imported and sold at ₦1.5m, northerners are so much underappreciated, we Yorubas have enough and more fertile land than north, but our youths have much more interest in Yahoo and Hook-up.
People like this only have money for cheap data and are wayward in life
APCNig: Chidi Odinkalu can go and die. We will run this government the way we like, and you can do nothing. When Goatluck Ebele Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari brought all their semi literate relatives to government, they were setting a precedence, now we are following their foot steps, but now more vicious. We will teach you how this game is run.
I like what's happening right now in the country... This is what you get when you base your sense of judgement on religion, tribe,nepotism primodial sentiment etc. Let's try to look at situations holistically to all our collective efforts
Newsfeed247: With $1 (1400 naira ) I can eat 2 eba 500 1, meat 500, 1 ponmo 300 and 1 pure water 100 naira
We have dollarized our Economy so bad that our focus is on the Dollar rate vs making the Naira Strong…let the Naira finds its reall value and don’t peg it against the dollar…buy local, eat local, reduce ur long throat for foreign goods….Nigerians should wake up…..says Isaac Fayose
You're actually justifying what this boys are doing, I pray you don't fall a victim to them or hope you're not what I thinking. Everyone is facing this economy hardship, but don't try n put all your problems on the next man
Gainman: I laugh you. Thank your God that your own situation is better. Legit work indeed. Mention those legit work and let me hear it from you. Many Nigerians are not lazy. They want to work but d situation is not conducive to do this. One if d most easiest work to do. Barbing, laundry work etc poor electricity supply have stopped many from continuing doing this. If u are enjoying, u will not believe some people are suffering. In my area now, we never see light for 3 days now and many people have business they are using electricity to run. These people will be frustrated out of this work if care is not taken. And again what is d profit margin these people are making that state and local govt also want to frustrate them out of work with double taxation. All these wahala directly or indirectly force many into committing crime. Person wey never eat for 2 days and a friend invite him for robbery work. Do u think he will no follow him to Rob. If u get wife and children and facing difficulties to feed them, I believe u will not argue this with me. But I am not supporting people taking to crime because of hunger. But am only telling u some of those things behind committing crime.
They are so many legit jobs out there begging for our youths to do but the quest to get rich quick will never permit them. This are also jobs there do outside the shore of this country. Never despite the days of they small beginning.
Gainman: This is your own idea. It can never stop crime. People are hungry u are saying they should be killing them if they commit d crime. D solution to stop dis bad economy. Common food is now too expensive. Do u think hungry people are afraid to die.
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