The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the just-concluded, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerian workers to see their jobs as channels for contributing to nation-building.

Obi, while felicitating with Nigerian workers on the occasion of the 2023 Workers’ Day celebration, urged them to hold on to values that encourage productivity in the country.

The former governor of Anambra State, in a statement issued on May 1 by his media office, Obi-Datti, Nigeria will grow and develop more if the citizens understood that the task of nation-building is for everyone.

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He stressed that Nigeria is gifted with a hardworking workforce, desirous of the country’s development, adding that not minding poor workers’ welfare in the nation, the workers have continued to labour for the nation.

Obi further enjoined the workers not to be disheartened by the many challenges that, today, pervade the economic and political space of Nigeria, urging them to remain focused on building a more productive and prosperous country, which he said, is part of the offerings of the “New Nigeria”.

“I want to assure you that the forces of darkness that have held this nation bound for long will not continue to have their way. We are determined to take back our nation for good and we are not giving up.

“I urge you all to remain steadfast. The sun of justice, peace, and development will soon shine on our nation,” Obi added.

The Star