Contending Issues in the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria - Journal of ...

Chapter IX: The Politics and Policies of Oil Deregulation in Nigeria:
Implications and Policy Suggestions
show utmost restraints in our attempts to provide
alternative viewpoints on the reforms being
carried out in the economy generally and in the
industry in particular.
Obasanjo urged collaboration and understanding between
government and PENGASSAN members by saying that:
we need to employ dialogue, understanding and
create avenues that can facilitate dispassionate
round-table discussions capable of narrowing down
some perceived differences between Government and
the organized labour in the country. I am convinced
that labour has the inalienable right to struggle for
the betterment of the welfare of its members.
However, such commitment to workers' welfare
should be fought for within the precinct of the law of
the land while being mindful of the socio-economic
dislocations such an action could cause. It would
gladden my heart to have a labour that would be
ready to proffer reasonable but realistic alternative
viewpoints that would assist us in the process of
nation-building.
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