NLC insists on capital punishment for treasury looters

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted on capital punishment for corrupt public office holders in the country.
The labour union said it is opposed to life imprisonment for treasury looters, adding that the country is not ripe for that.
NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba spoke with reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital on Saturday during his condolence visit to former NLC vice president, Issa Aremu on the death of her mother, Hafsat.
“For us change means food on the table of the ordinary Nigerian person and not money in the pocket of few. Today many people are living below $1 per day and over 70 per cent of Nigeria are living like that. Change means changing this equation where there will be food in the table of all Nigerians; where our children can go to public schools.
” Most of the people in authority went to public schools. What we are saying in essence is that we must canvass for positive change.
“We must canvass for capital punishment. It is only people who are stealing that will go against it. If we are campaigning for capital punishment and people are kicking against it, we must be consistent because people are reaping from where they have not sown. Except we begin to do the needful, it will be difficult to change our society.
“If you have followed up our argument, we have said clearly that part of why we are in this quagmire of challenges is that a lot of people have appropriated the resources that we need to drive development,” the NLC President stated.

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