Ex-workers of the defunct Nigerian Airways will stage a rally for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari by first week of February, Mr. Lookman Animashaun, President the union has disclosed.
Animashaun gave the hint at programme tagged ‘Testimonies Of Change’, organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture, in Abuja.
The programme, which started with a documentary film of testifiers shown where several people attested to how they benefitted from some of the policies initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari administration, according to the organizers, was organised to showcase its achievements from the perspective of Nigerians themselves.
Animashaun said over 5,000 were being mobilised for solidarity rally for Buhari’s re-election in appreciation for their entitlements which the President cleared after 14 years of waiting.
He maintained that successive governments had refused to pay them, while Buhari came to their rescue, adding that group would work for his re-election.
“We are coming out with a bang over 5,000 of our members and we are urging members to come with their people,” he said.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, who unveiled the programme, said the personal testimonies from the lips of Nigerians was to complement the different platforms created by his ministry to communicate the various achievements of the Buhari administration.
He said the testimony series was borne out of the experiences of Nigerians who had benefitted from the various programmes of government and were ready to relate such experiences to fellow Nigerians.
“We have used many platforms to communicate the numerous achievements of the administration to Nigerians. These include Town Hall Meetings, which we have now held 16 times across the country; media tour of infrastructural projects; regular visits to media organisations, press conferences and media interviews, and the FGN/iAPP,” he added.
