Sale of national assets: President Buhari under fire
A social media backlash has trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to sell the nation's assets as a way of reviving the ailing economy.
Recall that some eminent Nigerians among whom are Aliko Dangote and Senate president, Bukola Saraki, recommend that the federal government sells the country’s national assets to pave the way for economic recovery.
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But the organized labour, comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has warned that the government would be playing with fire should it go ahead to sell the assets.
Though the minister of budget and planning Udoma Udo Udoma has said that the federal government would not sell critical national assets, the labour has insisted that a sale of the assets will trigger a mass revolt and civil unrest that will be worse than the anti-SAP riots of 1989.
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Similarly, some Nigerians took to social media to support the labour stance against the sale of the assets, accusing President Buhari of trying to sell the assets to his cronies.
Others called for a serious campaign to bring back Goodluck Jonathan back to government to "frustrate the plans by the Buhari administration to mortgage the future of Nigerians by selling the nations assets".
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Meanwhile, Shehu Sani, has once again blasted the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government.
The senator representing Kaduna central senatorial district has criticised the federal government’s moves to sell national assets in order to revive the ailing economy.
The Kaduna state Senator had earlier declared that all those calling for the sale of national assets because of the economic recession are ‘economic predators’ carrying out ‘heists and roguery’.
Source: Legit.ng
