APC Acknowledges Workers’ Patience But Asks More Support For Buhari On May Day

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerian workers not to relent in their support for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, as the country battles the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

APC in a message of felicitation to the country’s workers on the occasion of May Day, otherwise known as International Workers Day, said such support would help to get the nation’s economy back on its trajectory of growth as quickly as possible.

The party said the 2020 May Day, has come at a time the world was combating the deadly pandemic that has kept economies across the world locked down.

A statement issued on Thursday by its Spokesman, Lanre Issa Onilu, further enjoined Nigerian workers to use the lockdown to equip themselves with information and skills that will enable them productively function in the changing global work culture and tap into opportunities that the eventual and gradual easing of the lockdown would bring.

The statement read in part “The APC acknowledges the tireless efforts, resilience, patience and commitment of the Nigerian workers in the onerous task of nation building. While assuring our workers that the Federal Government would continue to prioritise their welfare, the APC also assures that President Muhammadu Buhari is putting all necessary measures in place to ensure that workers and, indeed, all Nigerians are not negatively impacted from the economic effects of the pandemic now and in the future.

“The various economic stabilisation policies by the government and the establishment of the Economic Sustainability Committee by the President, which is headed by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, is a clear demonstration of the seriousness the Federal Government attaches to the well-being of Nigerian workers in particular, and Nigerians in general.

“We urge workers not to relent in their support for this administration as we battle COVID-19, in addition to getting the nation’s economy back on its trajectory of growth as quickly as possible.”