The President of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, has expressed concern over the wide gap between the Nigerian government’s call for citizens to make sacrifices and adjustments to the country’s economic challenges and the clear exemption of government officials from such measures.
While expressing the concern during a recent interview on Channels Television’s “Politics Today”, Osifo talked about the urgent necessity for the political elite to show their readiness to adapt to the changing economic realities that everyday residents are encountering.
He talked about the difficulties brought on by the removal of fuel subsidies and the worrisome increase in inflation, which was astounding at 22.41% as of May 2023.
He also talked about how important it was for public servants to set a good example and show that they are trying to understand and respond to the current economic issues the country is facing.
Osifo said: “For example, the convoys. You see governors, they are still going about, business as usual. You see the new legislatures, you see their convoys, it’s endless.
“Nigerians are facing a lot of hardship; it is really hard, and it is terrible. You are asking the people to tighten their belts but at the end of the day, what have you brought to the table? What is the contribution of the political class to this economic logjam that we are in today as a country?
“What we are saying is that if the Federal Government was not able to fund subsidy, at whose expense? What were the things they were doing with our funds? All the money that they have borrowed, the ways and means that went over 23 trillion naira – what did they do with it?
“They need to also explain to Nigerians, not that at the slightest provocation, they push Nigerians to the streets, and they tell them that we must tighten our belt meanwhile they are loosening theirs.”
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