NLC wants FG to probe Synagogue building collapse

A press statement signed by NLC’s spokesman Comrade Benson Upah said the incident has become “a familiar but painful and avoidable tragedy.“It is an occurrence Nigeria can ill-afford.  Accordingly, we at the Nigeria Labour Congress call for a professional and transparent probe capable of laying bare all the facts. “By so doing, we will not […]

A press statement signed by NLC’s spokesman Comrade Benson Upah said the incident has become “a familiar but painful and avoidable tragedy.
“It is an occurrence Nigeria can ill-afford.  Accordingly, we at the Nigeria Labour Congress call for a professional and transparent probe capable of laying bare all the facts.
“By so doing, we will not only be putting to rest all the speculations, we will be preventing similar tragedies waiting to happen.   Similarly, a shoddy investigation is capable of compromising the image of Nigeria.”
He added that “last but not the least, the relatives of the victims deserve to know the truth. We at the Nigeria Labour Congress also wish to urge the government to empower the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in order to improve their response capacity.
“We commiserate with the families of the victims, majority of whom are our South African brothers and sisters.”