The Niger State Government has declared its support for the nationwide protest by the organised labour over the hardship faced by Nigerians in the wake of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.
Mr Yakubu Garba, the Dep. Gov. of the state, made the declaration on Wednesday, when he joined the organised labour protest march in the state.
The protesters, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), marched from the Labour House to the State House of Assembly in Minna.
Garba said the upward review of salaries of workers across all levels, would better cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on citizens, than the palliative that would not be sustainable.
“Labour is not against the government. If there is any sincere driver of government policies, it is the organised labour.
“But workers are not leaders who make policies. So, any policy that government will formulate should have a human face, so that the masses will not suffer,” Garba said.
He noted that while the organised labour was not part of the policy formulators, it must be allowed to check the actions of government at all levels.
The deputy governor, who was the immediate past Chaiŕman of the NLC in the state, was of the opinion that the best way government would address the hardship being faced by citizens was an upward review of salaries, rather than temporary palliative measures.
