Nigerians won’t perish, according to Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, but rather will learn to cope with the country’s economic problems.
This was according to a statement released on Sunday, where the minister said that the COVID-19 epidemic and the Russia-Ukraine war were to blame for the economic hardship and worker agitation, which were not only local problems in Nigeria but also an international one.
Ngige reportedly spoke after receiving the Business Day “Excellence in Public Service Award” in Abuja.
He said: “The other day that I passed through Bailey, they said airport workers were on strike, only for four days. When I passed through London, the railway workers were on strike, only for three days. They are all demanding more pay.
Workers’ demand for more pay is not peculiar to Nigeria but the problem everywhere in the world today as a result of the global economic crunch, occasioned by COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and other things that make it look like everybody will die today.
“We will not die today. We only have to adjust both as individuals and as a country in order to survive the crunch.”
