The organised labour movement in Nigeria on Sunday said it will support the proposed conditional cash transfer programme by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Issa Aremu, the General Secretary of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, stated this in Kaduna during the 40th day Fidau prayer held for his late wife, Hajia Hamdalat.
Aremu said labour would collaborate with the Office of the Vice President as directed by the President.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports the proposed conditional cash transfer is a social security programme model after of developed nations of the world.
Aremu said: “The Buhari administration deserves commendation for setting aside N500 billion in the 2016 Budget currently undergoing the approval of the National Assembly for direct social transfers.
“The Office of the Vice President, as directed by the President, must work with NLC and TUC to realise this objective.
“The conditional, legitimate transfers should serve as the basis for a national comprehensive social security programme for Nigerians.
“As a worthy investment in our country’s human infrastructure, not stomach infrastructure, it is as important an investment as physical infrastructure.”
Aremu praised President Buhari’s gesture in ensuring that those who are living on less than a dollar per day were able to access national resources as a matter of right.
Aremu also commended the school feeding programmes of some states government, including Kaduna State.
NAN reports the remains of Hajia Hamdalat, who died on December 15, 2015, was buried according to Islamic rites.
The prayer was attended by the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba; Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; Major General Lawrence Onoja; and a former Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General; Major General Zarmani Lekwot.
NAN.
Organised labour backs Buhari’s conditional cash transfer programme
