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TUC To Monitor Activities Of Political Leaders
In a bid to ensure that political leaders are accountable to Nigerians, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) says it is putting in place processes that would enable it monitor closely their activities in the country.
President General of the Congress, Comrade Peter Esele hinted in an interview with newsmen recently in Abuja.
Giving further insight into the strategies put in place by the union, Esele said the union is recruiting dedicated officers whose job would mainly be to closely monitor the activities of leaders to find out if Nigerians are getting real value for their resources.
The decision making body of the union, he said has maintained that it can no longer be a spectator while political leaders mismanage the country’s resources to the detriment of the citizens.
He berated leaders for not being accountable to the people, noting that the greatest honour in public service is to serve diligently and effectively for the benefit of the nation.
“We are employing dedicated officers. Their job would be to look at the federal government’s budget to see how far it has been implemented. We are also going to look at what we call value for money”, he said.
He continued, “the federal executive council comes up every Wednesday to say that they have approved certain amount for certain projects. Nobody looks at the decision of the council after six months to one year after the money has been released. Nobody cares to find out if we are getting real value for the money. These are the things we want to look at and TUC will take the lead on that.
“The job of these people is to take the budget and pieces it. Even if they have to go round the country, they will do that to see what the various ministries and ministers have achieved”, Esele said.
The Millennium Development Goals, he added, is another avenue for fraud and corruption in the country.
According to him, public officers collect money for various projects which at the end of the day are never executed.