NLC Plans Solidarity Confab On Poverty Eradication

The Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC) says it is ready to rally in support of other African countries to end poverty in the continent.
Mr Issa Aremu, the NLC Vice President, said this in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the forthcoming Trade Union Federations in Africa conference.
Aremu explained that the trilateral conference was the third in the series to be organised by the NLC in conjunction with the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Ghana Trade Union Congress (GTUC).
He said that the unions must strengthen solidarity and speak with one voice about the desired changes they would want to see in the continent, noting that all three countries had the problem of poverty in spite of being well endowed.
Aremu said the forum would also create an opportunity for the unions to exchange views on how to promote closer cooperation among unions in the three countries.
“The theme of the conference is, “Working Class Solidarity for Poverty Eradication:  The Imperative of Re-industrialisation and decent jobs in Africa’’, which started on November 13.
The labour leader said the conference would provide the platform to discuss and reposition the trade unions in Africa to “face the challenges in the world of work’’.
He also said that the three countries would use the opportunity to harmonise common positions on issues of child labour, decent jobs and education.
He said these issues will be presented to the International Labour Organisation.