NLC 2021 Christmas message: Hope beyond despair

By allcitynews.ng

The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has praised God for opportunity to witness another Christmas in spite of the odds even as the union commended all Nigerians for keeping faith in the unity of the country.

“We wish to extend very happy and hearty Christmas greetings to all Nigerian workers, pensioners and people. The warm wishes of the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress resonate with the message of the first noel by the angels – “Joy to the world and peace on earth.”
Christmas is always a refreshing vista of hope – the kind of hope that beats despair. There is nothing as hopeful as the fact that the Saviour is born. There is nothing as lifting as the truth that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

“Today, we remember that Jesus the Saviour though born in a manger rose above His humble background to achieve His divine destiny which is to become the source of eternal salvation to all those who believe in His name. This is the hope that Christmas rekindles.”

Wabba while Lamenting the state of the nation said, “It has indeed been a year of many challenges that have cast a pall of despair on our nation. Nigerian workers and people were forced to endure a year inundated with socio-economic downturns especially as marked by hyper-inflation, widespread hardship, governance reversals, insecurity and persisting prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic particularly with the advent and high infection of the Omicron variant.

“We commend Nigerian workers and the masses of our people for keeping hope alive and for relentlessly making the required sacrifices for national productivity, growth and development. We can assure you that your hard work, dedication, and commitment will never be in vain.

Wabba who made the commendations as part of the yuletide greetings to all Nigerians however expressed his concern over ceaseless attacks on farmers and forceful tax payments placed on farmers by bandits.

Warning against scarcity of food in 2022 based on the activities of bandits, Wabba pointedly said, “The spate of unrests, banditry, terrorism and kidnap-for-ransom across the length and breadth of Nigeria is a source of sleepless nights for many Nigerians.

“There are genuine concerns of a looming hunger epidermic in 2022 as many farmers were unable to plant and those who planted are required to pay ‘harvest’ security fees to non-state actors who have now carved out autonomous power bases in different parts of Nigeria.”