TUC criticizes Sanusi
TUC president Peter Esele told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that Sanusi lacked the capacity to call for the action. “I think that the CBN governor is being economical with the truth. He knows those who are spending Nigeria’s money.
Civil servants, RATTAWU ask Sanusi to resign
Similarly, the National President, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Mr. Olakunle Olaitan flayed Sanusi proposal.
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“He can talk like that because he has everything at his disposal. Okonjo-Iweala did more than this, has the economy changed? So, whose interest are they serving? I want to believe he would say he was quoted out of context; however, l think he should be guided by the situation at hand, vis-a-vis the economy he is managing”.
Meanwhile, the Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU) has also condemned the call. The national president of the union, Mr Oluyemisi Bamgbose said the statement was “unfortunate and unbelievable.
“I want to believe that he made the statement on the spur of the moment; it is not a statement that should come from a man of his calibre. I don’t think that such a person should make such aprovocative statement.”
Alhaji Yerima Shetima, President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum reacts:
“I also know that beyond the issue of the workforce like he stated, the fact of the matter is that we run a government that is so expensive.
The Presidential system of Government is so expensive that if we look at the way they are looting the national treasury, the way an average politician makes so much money, one would ordinarily know that we are going to run into this mess.
If you look at the wholething, the tax payer’s money doesn’t get to the people to feel the impact of any development on the part of government.
The money is being shared in the hands of people in government. I give you an example of an average local government chairman in Nigeria on the kind of money they make, not to talk of somebody in the national assembly.
But one would say that Sanusi misunderstood the whole thing. Rather than thinking of cutting down the workforce as regards to those who are working, I would have advised him that he push and people should talk.
Everybody should talk that this national assembly that sits down and makes the job like a permanent job should be put on temporary basis.
Let them be placed on allowance on every sitting. If we can do it that way, I think, we are gonna save a lot.
I am of the view that we have a Regional system of government in place because if you continue to run this presidential system of government, I tell you we can never get it right because most of these characters, most of them never get any mandate from any body to serve anybody’s interest.
They get to Abuja in the name of godfatherism or whatever they call it. But if we run a regional government, I can assure that the people will make sure that those who go the parliament have credibility before they represent them.
The way it is going now, we have bunch of people who are not adding any value to the nation. So, as far I am concerned, to that extent, it’s waste.
“I don’t agree with the idea of Sanusi in cutting down the workforce. No, I don’t agree with that. I give you an example.
We have a situation where Ph.D holders are looking for driving work. We have a situation where those who graduated from school ten, fifteen years back have not gotten a job. So, to that extent, I see a serious threat on our way in this country. As far as I concerned, that of Sanusi is no issue.
Rather down cutting down the workforce, let those people who are sitting down in the national assembly that wear agbada (flowing gown) doing nothing be place on temporary, on allowance so that at that level, we can be able to save some money and also pay those who are working”.
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