By Adenitan Akinola
The Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba AbdulRosheed Adewale Akanbi has appealed to Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its planned nationwide strike.
Oba Akanbi urged the labour leaders to be patient with President Tinubu so that he could prove himself.
He made the appeal at a function in his palace where religious leaders gathered to pray for leaders of the country and praise God.
The monarch said it was obvious that things were tough and hard for Nigerians, but they should know that the present government did not create the hardship and that is why Nigerians needs to be patient.
He expressed confidence that the present administration meant well as shown in many bold decisions taken including the removal of fuel subsidy.
“This is just temporary hardship, subsidy is not for the poor man. No country in the world subsidize fuel, what should be subsidize is housing and transportation”.
While positing that there was nothing wrong in checkmating the government, Oluwo said “If this government does something wrong I will be the first person to criticize the president or any governor, nobody can dethrone me, you can see that I am celebrating God who is undethronable.
“NLC need to keep the president on its toes, they need to remind him of his responsibilities. Don’t strike but let him know that he must do the bidding of Nigerians,” he urged them.
Echoing a similar view, the royal father of the day, Olofa of Ofa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye expressed optimism that the president would improve the economy of the country.
Oba Gbadamosi said “If our past leaders have been removing the fuel subsidy, it will not have harsh effect the way it does now.
“I have the believe that Tinubu will improve the economy of the nation and perform more than our expectations. We need to pray for him, it is not healthy to throw abuses on him”.
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