A Lawyer and staunch member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Jesutega Onokpasa, has, during an interview on Prime Time, an Arise Television Programme, maintained that the Labour Union leaders are doing better than an average Nigerian, which was why they facilitated the move to embark on strike; as he went further to fault them for walking out of meetings even though negotiations were ongoing.
Onokpasa had said, “Your Labour leaders Charles, they drive the same car I drive. I bought my car by any money, I don’t know how much is their salary, where they work, because they are supposed to be workers Joe Ajaero and uh what’s his name, Festus Osifo. What’s their salary that they can afford a car like that? You are talking about fighting for Nigerian workers, it’s just grandstanding. Yes, now there is simply no money, unless you are living in dreamland to pay N400,000 unless you are going to destroy the entire Civil Service. And then even me, listen, I’m a Tinubu supporter, I’m not a psychopath, that N60,000 is low, I don’t even agree with it.”…. Sée Móre