NLC strike: Defeated politicians, subsidy thieves inciting people against Tinubu — AMPON President

<p>Mogaji Wole Arisekola has urged the leadership of the organised labour to consider some of the employers of workers in the private sectors whose disruption of work after COVID-19 and naira redesign policy, their companies and businesses may find it difficult to survive afterwards.</p>, <p>Arisekola, who is the President of the Association of Online Media Practitioners of Nigeria (AMPON) and the publisher of The Street Journal, added that private companies are the largest employers of workers in the country and it has not been easy to continue to be in the business judging from the socio-economic situation of the country, therefore calling for more negotiations with the government instead of strike.</p>, <p>The celebrity journalist and businessman also emphasised the need for the Nigerian government to be more sensitive to the plight of the masses and proffer urgent solutions to the socio-economic challenges they are presently facing before things get out of hand.</p>, <p>In a chat with some selected journalists at a breakfast meeting on Monday at the Eko hotel, the Ibadan-born publisher expressed dissatisfaction on the way things are in the country; particularly how some public and civil servants are handling sensitive matters which is making the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to look bad in the eye of the public.</p>, <p>He said, “It is unfortunate that the country has come to this level that some defeated politicians and frustrated subsidy thieves are inciting people against the government of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kassim Shettima.</p>, <p>“Labour Unions proposed strike will just make life more difficult for Nigerians. This government has to be careful, the politicians are not helping the president at all with their selfishness, childish and incendiary statements in public.</p>, <p>“The unilateral announcement of N617 naira of PMS per liter has caused unnecessary panic throughout the country. This government must tread with caution and not give room for sycophants, propagandists