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No Agreement With Govt To Suspend Strike – NLC


(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress has said that it does not have any agreement with the government to shelve its planned strike.

NLC’s Head of Information and Public Affairs, Benson Upah said this in a statement on Tuesday.

Countering a statement by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Upah also said the NLC did not have any date for a meeting with the government that may lead to the suspension of the proposed strike.

“We do not have any agreement with the government to suspend the planned strike action. Neither do we have any date for a meeting with the government that may lead to the suspension of the proposed strike,” he said.

“While we do not intend to demean or minimise the office of the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, this  matter is beyond the Ministry. This  should have been obvious to them during our most recent meeting”.

The NLC also faulted the position of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on the leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers.

“While we appreciate the role played by the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Barrister Simon Lalong in securing the release of the executives of the National Union of Road Transport Workers from unlawful/illegal police detention, we take exception to the Ministry describing these executives as factional leaders,” it said.

“They were lawfully elected into office. We still find it necessary to advise the police and those elements  behind their travails to desist from this  despicable and shameful conduct. They are advised to retrace their steps.

“If democracy is to be of meaning to us, then we should resist the urge or temptation for impunity. Enough is enough”.

See full statement below:

WE HAVE NO AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT TO SUSPEND STRIKE

The press statement issued by the Director of Press, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Olajide Oshundun on our proposed strike action and illegal occupation of the secretariat of the National Union of Road Transport Workers has been brought to our attention. We note some inconsistencies.

Accordingly, we find it necessary to make clarifications. Firstly, we do not have any agreement with the government to suspend the planned strike action. Neither do we have any date for a meeting with government that may lead to the suspension of the proposed strike.

While we do not intend to demean or minimise the office of the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, this matter is beyond the Ministry. This should have been obvious to them during our most recent meeting.

Secondly, while we appreciate the role played by the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Barrister Simon Lalong in securing the release of the executives of the National Union of Road Transport Workers from unlawful/illegal police detention, we take exception to the Ministry describing these executives as factional leaders.

They were lawfully elected into office. We still find it necessary to advise the police and those elements behind their travails to desist from this despicable and shameful conduct. They are advised to retrace their steps.

If democracy is to be of meaning to us, then we should resist the urge or temptation for impunity. Enough is enough.

Benson Upah
Head of Information and Public Affairs

 


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