{"id":58778,"date":"2024-12-31T20:01:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T20:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58778"},"modified":"2024-12-31T20:01:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T20:01:41","slug":"nlc-urges-government-to-prioritize-welfare-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/31\/nlc-urges-government-to-prioritize-welfare-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NLC Urges Government to Prioritize Welfare in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Nigeria enters 2025, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has called on government officials at all levels to ensure that governance delivers tangible benefits across sectors like healthcare, education, transportation, and housing.<\/p>\n<p>In a New Year message on Tuesday, NLC President Comrade Joe Ajaero emphasized the need for policies that are not only well-intentioned but also free from nepotism and coercion.<\/p>\n<p>Ajaero highlighted the challenges faced by Nigerians in 2024 and stressed the importance of collective resilience to overcome persistent underdevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe true empowerment of Nigeria lies within its citizens,\u201d Ajaero stated, urging a unified effort to address economic hardship.<\/p>\n<p>The NLC called for government actions to prioritize citizens&#8217; welfare, including access to food, quality healthcare, housing, effective transportation, and enhanced security.<\/p>\n<p>The NLC also emphasized that policies should be transparent, inclusive, and free from favoritism.<\/p>\n<p>They advocated for a democratic framework based on social dialogue, encouraging participation from all stakeholders in nation-building.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the controversial Tax Bill before the National Assembly, the NLC called for its immediate withdrawal until comprehensive discussions can be held with relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal As Nigeria enters 2025, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has called on government officials at all levels to ensure that governance delivers tangible benefits across sectors like healthcare, education, transportation, and housing. In a New Year message on Tuesday, NLC President Comrade Joe Ajaero emphasized the need for policies that are not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":58779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58780,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58778\/revisions\/58780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}