WHAT TYPE OF A WORKER ARE YOU?

The world is celebrating WORKERS’ DAY today and everyone is relaxing and calm, good. But what type of a worker are you?

I put myself under check regularly to know how I am fairing. Am I doing well at what I am assigned to do, am I performing as expected or being carefree?

Nigeria is blessed with good human power but are we utilizing this human power effectively. Is our population of over 160million yielding the desired results or are we all being irresponsible, thinking things must be done right by so-so and so, where we do nothing.

The Nigerian nation is that where everyone always find at least someone to blame for their misfortune. Issues, problems, challenges, insecurity and poverty all over the land and we all rather than seeking lasting solutions are busy apportioning blames instead of proffering possible solutions.

The Nigerian workforce has been built on and taught by default to be unproductive, lazy and too dependent on others. The wealth of a nation is dependent on its production but the wealth of Nigeria is being determined by the amount of her consumption.

Nigeria imports everything, even human beings and her youths are wailing in poverty, hunger and joblessness. Offer a graduate a job with low salary but great prospect of the capacity to build wealth and he would decline because he does not believe in creating money but in earning money.

The Nigerian civil service should be totally scrapped and rebuilt all together and salaries should be paid per hour of work produced. We must discontinue and totally discourage activities - as most Nigerian workers are only busy-bodies going about town producing nothing - and encourage productivity- a situation where what you do yields good result even if it would fail or would take a while to become visible or complete like in building a house.

For the Nigerian government to sit up, an average Nigerian must value work and appreciate labour. Workers must be paid well and timely. That would discourage stealing and corruption. A family man feeding on #25000 a month whereas #5000 is spent on transportation would definitely have to find other means to make more money and corruption is the answer.

Paying your workers same amount for four to five years of work is meaningless; rather give the person higher responsibilities so to increase his take home. Earning same amount continuously is raising a poor nation.

More so, the Nigerian workforce should aspire greatness. We are too complacent in this part of the world. We always want to remain with the status quo; no one achieves greatness without daring. People who are celebrated today, did not get there easily. We must always face our fear and be determined to succeed. If we are, we will be more innovative, creative and productive. As an employee, your employer would appreciate you the more and pay you much more and as an entrepreneur, you will definitely achieve more success.

Do not wait for the next may day to ask the government for salary increment, rather work hard to be an employer of labour by the next may day. You can only make wealth by producing wealth. You can only produce wealth either by being an employer or an investor.

The labour market will continually increase as our population increases but will our wealth as a nation increase or decrease, the choice is yours. If you play your part well and I do mine, in no time, Nigeria will succeed.

Get up and work so your prosperity will come.

God Bless Nigeria