Those Complaining Of Hardship Are PDP Members And Loyalists Not Nigerians- Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige in an interview he granted Sun newspapers over the weekend has said that those complaining about the present APC led Federal Government are PDP supporters and loyalists saying Nigerians are not complaining. The Minister when asked what does he has to say about the hardship Nigerians are faced with presently said "I don’t know what you mean by hardship and those you call Nigerians. Are they the federal civil servants getting their monthly salaries as and when due? We don’t owe them, not even allowances and there is no reason they should be unhappy with the APC government.

Dr. Ngige went on to ask the rhetorical question "Are the okada riders among those complaining when they are making brisk businesses or the graduates whom we will soon address their problem of unemployment after the passage of the budget?

The Minister said the present government have job creation programmes under the supervision of the Vice President and other inter-ministerial ones that will be rolled out as soon as the budget 2016 is passed. By the time we roll out, more funds will be put into the economy. Let us warn that the funds are not for stealing. The only difference between APC and PDP is the stealing of the lots of floating funds. Many of the elite were enriching themselves with these floating funds and they are the ones protesting that they are not happy with the present government.

The Anambra born former Governor under PDP and a one time senator representing Anambra Central from 2011 to 2015 under APC said those complaining especially the elite are members or loyalists of the PDP. We are not bothered because we are going to continue with our common-people’s programme and I want to assure that the tide will soon change. So, we are waiting for the budget. Don’t forget that we are not the ones that appropriate funds but the National Assembly. We have given them budget, we have done some alterations and amendments as needs be in areas where some people try to paddle the budget and we are waiting for now. Once the budget is  approved as proposed, we roll out our programmes the Minister said.