'Apathy to February polls will worsen workers' woes'

• Published date: 02 February 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Anambra State has urged workers to take advantage of extension of deadline for collection of permanent voter cards (PVCs), to collect theirs, in order to participate in the general election.

The Chairman, Comrade Chinwe Orizu, who gave the advice in a chat with The Nation, said those who were reluctant to collect their PVCs were invariably endorsing continued system collapse, with bad leaders holding citizens to ransom.

She lauded the electoral umpire for the extension, saying it would give the people more time to get their cards and be eligible to participate in the exercise.

Orizu said: 'The state of the nation today is quite worrisome, with the workers and other poor Nigerians mostly affected. This ugly development makes it imperative for the citizens to take the coming elections seriously.

'They should ensure that those who will emerge are persons with genuine interest in turning around the fortunes of the country.'

'If one is to consider what is going on in the country today, then there is no hope. A litre of fuel today is over N400. There are industrial actions everywhere, meagre workers' salary, insensitivity...