Workers' Day

The 1st of May every year. all over the world is set aside to celebrate the workers. It is called WORKERS DAY.

Many a time, people think that it is only Civil Servants who are in the employ of Governments (Federal, States and Local Governments) that are regarded as workers, but I want to tell you that all of us – who are contributing in one way or the other towards enhancing the GDP of this Country- are workers.

The farmer in that remote village who tills the ground with his hoe and cutlass, the cab driver who takes you from east to west and leaves you in the middle of nowhere, the fisherman who is remembered only once a year during the fishing festival, the tricycle rider, the motorcycle rider, the banker who has lost his sleep because he has to meet up with his quota, the Doctor who works with bare hands in that remote village and whose compensation is in the tubers of cassava that he receives, the nurse who carries out her nursing procedure come rain come sunshine, the armed forces personnel who obeys the last order, the civil defence personnel who may have an overbearing “oga at the top”, the baker, the gardener, the carpenter, the bricklayer, the mason, the builder, the architect, the woman, the mother, the wife, the husband, the father, the man, even the arm chair critics  and those who see nothing good about anything – they are all workers because they are wittingly or unwittingly contributing to why Nigeria is existing.

I therefore salute all YOU WORKERS OF NIGERIA on this auspicious occasion of the celebration of the 2015 Workers Day.

Remember that no matter how much they pay you, it would never be enough.

Remember also to prepare for retirement while you still have the energy and strength to do so for when the golden years arrive, it would be a little too late

Happy Workers Day

#DrJTF