The Publisher of Flowerbudnews, Alhaji Biola Lawal, has commended the award of N70, 000 national minimum wage.
The former Acting Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) specifically thanked President Bola Tinubu for his magnanimous gesture of approving the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers .
The leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) also hailed the president for his magnanimity.
Lawal said the action of the President goes to demonstrate in practical terms that the President cares and would always lend a listening ear to the desire and wishes of Nigerians.
“For the labour leaders to have described the approval of N70,000 by the President as a “fatherly gesture’ showed maturity and a demonstration of appreciation on behalf of the workers.
” The President should remain focused and should not be distracted from his determination to make a big and best difference in the life of Nigerians.
” He should know that Nigerians still love him as they demonstrated with their votes in February last year. He should sustain his acknowledged link with the masses through regular assurances and gestures of goodwill like he has done on the issue of minimum wage.”
As a brilliant, committed and appreciative leader, Lawal said the President should always remember how he was literally ‘”mobbed” with joy and ecstasy by Nigerians from all walks of life inside the National Mosque in Abuja with heavy shouting of “JAGABAN, JAGABAN, JAGABAN” when he came to offer jumat prayer few days after he was declared President-Elect.
*I was lucky to be there live and even shook the President-Elect’s hand that day.
“The President should know and continue to appreciate that, these people, these masses are still there for you and truly, still care.”
He also urged the President to follow up and sustain the joy of the minimum wage by surgently looking into the plight of retirees.
” These are people who have generally exhausted their productive capacity in life, but goes to the same market etc like the rest of the citizens.
” With the President’s ingenuity, compassion and care, he should look for a way, anyhow, to increase what goes into the retirees pocket monthly.”
He also appealed to the President to flood the nation with food including rice, wheat, maize as well as meat.
Nigerians would continue to shout the name of Tinubu as long as food crisis persisted, he explained.
” No matter the explanation the President gives, his name would continue to ring bell in Nigerian homes on the issue of food.
” So, the President should ignore detractors, forget the Governors (Pay day would come), and just decisively take the bull by the horn on the food problem like he has done with the Minimum wage issue.”
“Let TINUBU RICE, TINUBU MAIZE, TINUBU GUINEA CORN, TINUBU BEANS – EVEN TINUBU MEAT etc Flood everywhere for as long as necessary while he systematically re-energise local food production.”
The President should ignore any insincere call that his massive importation of food as AN EMERGENCY measure would cause this, would cause that.
