NLC Tells Buhari To Be Wary Of Sycophants

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to be wary of sycophants telling him to contest 2019 election because of his performance.

Speaking on behalf of the NLC, Comrade Issa Aremu, said the recent moves by some stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who reportedly asked him to contest again in 2019, was an invitation to disaster.

Speaking at the delegate conference of women wing of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) in Ilorin on Thursday, the labour leader described the invitation as ‘pure sycophancy.’

He said that the nation’s economy was worsening, regretting that Buhari had failed to revive the textile sector after allegedly promised to do so before he became the president.

Aremu said; “If the oil refineries had been refurbished and textile factories revived the economy would have improved and there would have been more job opportunities.”

The NLC leader said that the corruption allegations about the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, David Babachir, former Director General of the National Intelligent Agency, Ayodele Oke and former chairman of Pension Taskforce, Abdulrasheed Maina showed that Buhari still had a long way to go to be successful in his anti-corruption campaign.