Trade Union Leader Urges Workers to Shun Election Violence

From the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has come a fresh appeal to workers to shun acts that might threaten the credibility of the forthcoming elections.

NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar said one very important way of doing this is for workers not to allow themselves to be used as agents of political violence. Omar, speaking in Kaduna, said workers will be better off if they concentrate on voting for politicians who will stop wasteful spending, and instead concentrate on combating unemployment, insecurity and ethno-religious intolerance. Omar added that the NLC was looking forward to a credible election devoid of bloodletting, mayhem, acrimony, blackmail and politicians practising what he called “do or die politics”.