The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ogun Chapter, has urged government officials at all levels to emulate Muhammadu Buhari’s egalitarian system of governance.
The group recently revealed that such a governance style would help to eradicate bribery and corruption across Nigeria.
Speaking during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta, the Chairman of the chapter, Ademola Hameed-Benco, shared that PMB’s system of governance placed major emphasis on equal rights and access to resources for every Nigerian.
According to him, Buhari deserves praise for being a leader who did everything within his power to tame bad governance at all levels.
He stated that the former president remained a dedicated leader who transformed the lives of so many Nigerians until his tenure expired.
“Buhari, who was a military head of State from 1984 to 1985 and later a democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023, tamed bad governance, remained a dedicated leader who transformed the lives of so many Nigerians.
In 2021, he approved the payment of the outstanding accrued pension rights for treasury-funded MDAs retirees who were not paid earlier.
He also approved the payment of the backlog of death benefits claims due to beneficiaries of deceased employees of treasury-funded MDAs,” he said.
Tuesday’s public holiday comes as part of the ongoing seven-day national mourning period earlier announced by President Bola Tinubu to pay tribute to Buhari’s life and legacy.
Buhari died at the age of 82, and his death was confirmed in a statement by his former special adviser, Garba Shehu, on Sunday.
