The Organised Labour in Lagos State has backed the candidature of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer Bola Tinubu.
It gave the endorsement during a mega rally in Ikeja on Thursday and referenced the Lagos governor’s labour-friendliness and achievements as reasons for the move.
Leaders and members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), National Union of Teachers (NUT), Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers’ Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), and an association of herbal medicine dealers were at the event. The leaders said the model Tinubu instituted took Lagos out as the best labour-friendly State.
“Before we embarked on this rally, we all agreed at our respective congresses to support Sanwo-Olu to continue as our Governor. We made the decision before today but we only came out to display our solidarity with him publicly. What we have done right in our house, we are showing to the world. This is the first time the Organised Labour in Lagos is taking an open position to endorse a candidate of a political party,” Sanwo-Olu’s media aide Gboyega Akosile quoted the Lagos NLC chairman Comrade Funmilayo Sessi as saying.
“We are doing this because Sanwo-Olu has introduced unprecedented reforms to improve the welfare and the well-being of workers. We are coming out with our full chest to support the Governor. We are deciding our fate by being part of the electorate that will return the most labour-friendly Governor. This is the decision all workers agreed upon and there is no going back.
