The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has called on African leaders to emulate the leadership example of good governance and respect for humanity of the late Fidel Castro.
Speaking during a national tribute session organised in honour of Fidel Castro by the NLC and the Nigeria Trade Union Congress(TUC), the Acting President of the Congress, Comrade Peters Adeyemi, said leaders in Africa must liberate its people from hardship and backwardness.
Castro, 90, who died on November 26, 2016, was the Prime Minister Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and then the President from 1976 to 2008.
According to him, “He manged to provide quality life for his people without borrowing money from external sources. This is without renouncing his ideological belief by approaching neo-liberal institutions for polices that would clearly derail his mission and purpose.
“He did not compromise the ideological threshold of his country ‘s success. No one can deny the fact that Fidel ran his country from grass to grace, providing quality education, healthcare, housing and all other basic needs for his people.”
Speaking further, he said that late Cuban president also extended access to qualitative education and health care to citizens of other countries, including Nigeria. in spite of global conspiracy that had isolated his country from global trade till date.
Adeyemi, however, renewed call for the government of the United States to lift its embargo on Cuba with the advent of a new order that seeks to make countries relate without hindrances.
On his part, Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Cartos Trejo, Cubans would continue to fight for justice and the dignity of the human race that the late president stood for.
