Ahead of the May 1 Workers Day celebration, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Friday, Senator urged organised labour to always look at the larger picture and consider higher national interest in their responses to government policies and actions.
Lawan stated this on Friday, while commemorating this year’s workers day celebration coming up today (May 1).
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Ola Awoniyi, the Senate President assured workers that “the National Assembly believes in the well-being and welfare of the workers and will always provide legislative support for every effort to tackle their challenges and improve the work environment.”
Recalling that the Nigerian workers across the generations have continued to drive economic productivity, nation-building and democratic governance in the country, Senator Lawan iterated the commitment of the Ninth Senate to “Work for Nigeria.”
He added that the National Assembly under him “…will continue to stand by the Nigerian workers to rid our statute books of anti-labour laws and promote legislations that will make our society a better place for the working people.”
The statement reads: “I felicitate with the Nigerian workers on this occasion of the Worker’s Day of International Solidarity and Unity.
