Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday called for caution, retrospection, and a deeper sense of patriotism from both the Labour and the organised private sector in the interest of maintaining steady improvement in the economic fortunes of the country.
Shettima who spoke on the recent face off between the Dangote Refinery and PENGASSAN said industrial dispute should not be about holding the country to ransom.
“It’s not about holding the whole nation to ransom because of a minor labour dispute.
“Nigeria is greater than PENGASSAN.
“Nigeria is greater than each and every one of us. I’m not coming to you as a partisan.”
The Vice President emphasised the critical importance of the 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote Refinery, declaring that it must be supported at all costs to succeed.
“Aliko Dangote is not an individual, he’s an institution, and he’s a leading light in Nigeria’s economic firmament.
“And how we treat this gentleman will determine how outsiders will judge us.
“If he had invested $10 billion in Microsoft, Amazon, or Google, he probably might be worth $70 billion to $80 billion by now.
“But he opted to invest in his country, and we owe it to future generations to jealously protect, promote, preserve, and protect the interests of this great Nigeria,” Vice President, Kashim Shettima said.
He added : ” I wish to call for caution, retrospection, and a deeper sense of patriotism from both labour and the organised private sector in defining and improving the relationship between labour and industry in the interest of maintaining our steadily improving economic fortunes.”
(vitalnewsngr.com)
