NLC HANDS 14-DAY ULTIMATUM TO POLICE, EDO GOVT TO QUIT PREMISES
Meanwhile, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a 14-day notice to the Edo state government to vacate its secretariat in Benin.
The ultimatum was contained in a statement signed by Joe Ajaero and Emmanuel Ugboaja, the President and General Secretary, after its NEC meeting In Owerri, the Imo state capital said the 14- working days deadline would elapse on January 8, 2025.
The congress told the police to vacate the Secretariat premises, return all confiscated properties to the Congress, and commit to refraining from further interference in trade union activities.
It condemned the actions of the Police and the Governor Monday Okpebholo, of Edo State in orchestrating an invasion of the NLC State Secretariat describing the ransacking of properties and the unlawful removal of items, all in a bid to impose an illegitimate leadership on the workers as a brazen act of impunity.
The NLC said the NEC meeting in Owerri was partly to Roll out its Southeast region’s Compressed Natural (CNG) Bus Services and also deliberate on critical issues impacting Nigerian workers and the general populace.
