… says Nigerians must encourage and support Buhari
The former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has called on Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari in his efforts to inprove the eonomic sotuation of the country.
This is as he commended the president for creating 10.5 million jobs .
Chief Wogu spoke to journalists in Abuja on Monday.
He urged Nigerians to encourage and support the President further to do more.
He also appealed to Nigerians to support the President both in their prayers and attitude rather than denigrating the Office of Mr. President.
Against the position of some Nigerians who were doubting the pronouncement of President Buhari that his government has created 10.5 million jobs, the immediate past Minister of Labour said he cannot fault the President’s pronouncement.
He explained that from his own experience as a former minister, before the President could make that pronouncement the figure should have been validated by the agencies in charge of job creation and job tracking, as well as the Bureau of Statistics
According to him, “I cannot fault Mr. President’s pronouncement because I know that when we were there, we had Committees of government that were set up to track-up the jobs that are being created and jobs that are being lost.
“I was the chairman and we worked in tandem with the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics and other agencies that are involved in job creation. The idea was to track new jobs that are being created.
“So, if Mr. President has come out with the pronouncement that the government has created so and so number of jobs, that means that, that number of jobs has been validated by the agency that is trusted with job creation and job tracking, and then probably the Bureau of Statistics.”
Against this background, Chief Wogu expressed gladness that 10.5 million jobs have been created , saying, “it gladdened my heart that such number of jobs has been created and we need to encourage Mr. President to create more jobs.”
He added: “How do we encourage him? It is by us to make sure that we support him, both in prayers and our attitude. We do not have to denigrate the office of Mr. President by insulting him, we do not have to denigrate our country by speaking ill about our country, we do not have to de-market our country because you want to win an election in 2023. It is not all about the current players in government, it is about our country.”
