By Rotimi Ojomoyela
Ado-Ekiti The Chairman of the Southern Senators’ Forum, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to work on the economy, arrest inflation, increase production and strengthen the naira for the N30,000 minimum wage to be meaningful to Nigerian workers.
Bamidele said the current hyper – inflation blowing across the nation has affected every sector of the economy and had rubbished the dividends inherent in the implementation of the new minimum wage.
The Senator representing Ekiti Central said this in a statement made available to journalists commemorating the 2021 edition of the Workers’ Day.
The All Progressives Congress Chieftain saluted the Nigerian workers for being steadfast in their patriotism to the nation, describing them as the engine room of the socio- economic and political sphere, occupying the middle class that works for the survival of the economy.
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He has asked such persons to reconsider their decisions of intervening.
Former Senator Abe and Igo Aguma have been at loggerheads with Rotimi Amaechi over the control of the soul of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Rivers State.
In a statement made available to DAILY POST on Monday, Eze said he called for a rethink because such moves would not produce positive results as the former lawmaker is allegedly a mere messenger working for powerful overlords.
The ex-PDP national spokesman said negotiating with the overlords would be far easier to get a better outcome.
Eze, a close associate of the Transportation Minister, suggested that every negotiation be directed towards the overlords and not to Abe who acts only at the master’s command.
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