The Nigeria Labour Congress has slammed the Southern and Northern governors for fighting over power shift amidst the bloodshed and rising poverty in the country.

The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, cautioned  the state executives against overheating the polity.

The Southern Governors Forum had met in Lagos on July 5 and demanded that power must go to the South in 2023.

On September 27, the Northern Governors Forum met in Kaduna and opposed zoning of the President office to the South.

But commenting on the agitation at a roundtable on social protection cover with the theme, ‘Expanding Social Protection Cover and Ensuring Effective Implementation in Nigeria,’  organised by the NLC in Abuja on Wednesday,  Wabba submitted that the governors’ statements showed utter disregard for the suffering of Nigerians.

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The NLC President stated, “As a national institution and a pan-Nigerian organisation, the Nigeria Labour Congress expresses shock at such statements from both the northern and southern political hemispheres of our country.

“It is indeed sad and unfortunate that our politicians find the time and nerve to discuss 2023 when 2021 presents a foreboding cloud of insecurity, social tensions and general despondency manifest in our empty kitchens, unsafe streets and overflowing IDP camps.

“We warn that such statements show utter disregard for the cruel predicament and sufferings of ordinary Nigerians and workers struggling with the pains of broken politics and governance dysfunction in our country.”

  Speaking at the roundtable, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said that the 9th House was committed to using the tools of legislative authority to advance solutions and implement policies that will help achieve the promise of a more perfect union in the country.