President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to enhancing the welfare of workers, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has stated.
He saluted the resilience of workers and hope for a better future in the face of the current economic challenges.
The minister said the president was doing everything humanly possible to improve the welfare of workers with several programmes in place to actualise that.
In his 2017 May Day message, Ngige felicitated with the workers over the celebration.
In a statement by Deputy Director, Press in the Ministry, Samuel Olowookere, the Minister said: “The federal government is not unaware of the economic challenges facing Nigerian workers in the public, the private and informal sector of the economy.
“Mr. President is committed to the enhancement of workers’ welfare, through programmes like the Federal Integrated Staff Housing Scheme (FISH), creation of enabling environment to stimulate the economy with the aim of improving the social-economic well being of Nigeria in all sectors of the economy.”
He solicited continued support of the workers to the change agenda, especially in the fight against corruption.