Lula advocates for interaction between trade unionists in Brazil and Nigeria.
Nigeria is the last stop on Lula's four-country trip through Africa; the former president is forging contacts with social and political forces, as well as governments and business leaders, to strengthen relations between Brazil and the African continent; in the photo, the former president poses alongside Abdulwahed Omar, of the Nigeria Labour Congress, and Peter Esele, president of the Trade Union Congress.
Lula Institute - Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met this Monday morning (18) in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, with the presidents of the two trade union centers in the African country, Abdulwahed Omar, of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Peter Esele, of the Trade Union Congress.
Nigeria is the last stop on Lula's four-country trip through Africa. The former president is making contacts with social and political forces, as well as governments and business leaders, to strengthen relations between Brazil and Africa.
In his conversation with union leaders, Lula said it was absurd that workers in the most populous countries of South America and Africa had never made contact before. The former president discussed public policies in Brazil and his government's relationship with unions and civil society. He also listened to accounts of the social situation of Nigerian workers and unions.
The former president invited Abdulwahed Omar and Peter Esle to come to Brazil and make contact with the CUT (Unified Workers' Central) and other Brazilian labor unions. The idea is to strengthen, as quickly as possible, relations between Brazilian and Nigerian workers and collaborate in strengthening the Nigerian labor movement and its contribution to the development and improvement of living conditions in the country.