Posted on: 05:06 Mon, 02 May 2016



Former Vice President, Atiku
Abubakar says it’s impossible to
convince workers to make
sacrifices while elected officers are
living flamboyant lifestyles that’s
inconsistent with the harsh
economic realities of the country.

Atiku, in his May Day message, said
that despite the gloom surrounding
the economy of the nation, with the
support of the workers and
everyone, President Muhammadu
Buhari will lift the country to new
heights.

He further noted that if the Buhari-
led war against corruption is added
to a culture of cutting cost and
curbing waste, much needed
resources would be freed up which
will eventually lead to a
reawakening of the economy
through infrastructure and high
jobs yielding sectors.

Atiku said, “President Buhari alone
cannot turnaround the fortunes of
the country.”

“It requires everyone – elected and
appointed officials, the legislature
and the judiciary, the public and
private sectors and ordinary
Nigerians – working together in
faith and commitment to bring
about the desired change.”

“With dwindling revenue from oil,
it has become imperative for us to
bake a bigger cake that will be big
enough for all partakers.

To achieve this, we need to be more
creative as a government and more
productive as a people.”

“We all need to make sacrifices in
line with the realities of the time. It
is not enough to ask workers to
make sacrifices while public office
holders are ostensibly immune
from it. Such a situation promotes
industrial disharmony.”