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Nigerian president tasks elected leaders

  1. Posted on Monday 2 May 2011 - 13:27
    Samuel
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    President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has reminded elected leaders in his message to Nigerian workers on May Day that there is plenty of work to do following last month's general election.

    "Let no one be in doubt, there is work ahead of us. It is not going to be a party, rather it will be a case of rolling up our sleeves and getting to work...," Jonathan said in his post on Facebook on Monday.

    Jonathan who was recently declared winner of last month's presidential poll, said there was need for all citizens irrespective of the outcome of last month’s elections to join in the making of a new and efficient Nigeria.

    "The team I will put together will work for Nigeria, but for Nigeria to work at her optimal best there is need for everyone of us to believe in Nigeria and work as a team…my outlook has and shall continue to be that in a contest amongst brothers there will be no victor and no vanquished"

    On the welfare of Nigerian workers, President Jonathan assured he would implement the Minimum Wage Act which he had earlier signed.

    ''I will not be slack to implement it at the Federal level and work synergistically with other tiers of government as well as the Private Sector to ensure that not only do we do right by our workers on the matter of wages, but we take every care within available resources to lift up their conditions of service''

    Jonathan pledged to ensure that the dignity of labour was not just enhanced in Nigeria but becomes a pride, saying therein lies the key to the growth of Nigeria’s economy.

    The Nigerian President ended his message on Facebook thus: "So today, I salute the Nigerian worker and organised labour and thank you for your part in making the just concluded elections a success and to let you know that you have a partner in progress in the administration that I lead."

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