Tackle unemployment, ensure dignifying wage for workers, Gagdi tells Lalong

The Chairman of the House Committee on Navy, Yusuf Gagdi on Monday congratulated the newly sworn-in Minister of Labour and Employment and immediate past Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong.

Gagdi in the congratulatory statement made available to Tribune Online, tasked Lalong on the urgent need to tackle the prevalence of unemployment among Nigerian youths, as well as ensuring that the wages of Nigerian workers can be dignifying for their labour to the fatherland.

Gagdi who represents Pankshin, Kanke, Kanam Federal Constituency of Plateau State, described Lalong’s appointment as “a testament of his labour-friendly policies as Governor of the State”, and averred that the appointment of Ex-Governor Lalong as “a round peg in a round hole.”

He said: “On this occasion of your inauguration as the Minister of Labour and Employment in the ‘Renewed Hope’ cabinet of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I celebrate you and dare say it is a testimony of your unrivalled record as having the most labour friendly administration in Plateau State when you held sway as the Governor for eight years.

“As the leader of the All Progressive Congress in Plateau State, we have never doubted your competence and capacity to represent Plateau State competently in the Federal Executive Council.

“You have always proven your capability in every task assigned to you; the most recent being successfully leading APC’s presidential campaign to a resounding victory in the 2023 elections.

“As you brace up to tackle the prevalence of unemployment among Nigerian youths, as well as ensure that the wages of Nigerian workers can be dignifying for their labour to the fatherland, we are confident that you will justify the trust reposed in you by Mr President and make Plateau State proud in this assignment.

“Once again, congratulations to Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, HE Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong.”