
Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council Support Widows With Cash To Commemorate May Day
In a continued effort to ensure a departed member of the JCN and their Widows are not left behind, the JCN has empowered widows to commemorate the Workers Day Celebration which comes up on May 1, 2023, with cash gifts to support them.
The chairman of the council, Isa Olude tasked the beneficiaries to prudently utilize the gift towards the payment of their children’s school fees, or purchase of academic materials.
In his words “We believe that we can give back to society, so this widow was invited today and we presented a cheque of about N50,000 to them to serve as a token from JNC, as part of our May Day activity.
The chairman urged the widows to remain focused, dedicate themselves to the service of God, be prayerful and ensure that they can train their children.
“They should not lose hope, because God can solve every problem.
“What makes me happy today is that these cheques are coming at the time of the resumption of children for another academic program, there’s no way this financial commitment from JNC wouldn’t impact the payment of school fees, or purchase of academic materials for the children.
” Meanwhile, we will monitor them because they’re members of individual unions. We’ll be calling on them to ensure that the little we can give is committed to the development of their children .”
In his remarks, the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ogun State chapter, Comrade Wale Olanrewaju commended the organizers of the event for reaching out to the widows.
He said ” We have realised that many of our dear comrades fought relentlessly for the right of Nigerian workers. Many have died, and their wives and children are suffering.
“But what we are seeing today has touched all of us, that is very important to look and dig out some people we can help.”
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Hammed Benco Ademola urged young widows to remarry adding that they should try as much as possible to nurture their children.
He, therefore, advised them to use the empowerment judiciously for the betterment of their children.
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