The Organised Labour has said that, as part of its protest against the Imo State administration, it will ground the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos today.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) general secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, warned that labor would not stop until the world community looked into Governor Hope Uzodimma. He characterized yesterday’s strike in Imo as pretty successful.
Ugboaja said: “For a matter that people had barely six hours to comprehend, it was fair in the circumstance. The strike is on, the clown became panicky and declared tomorrow (Today) and Friday Public holidays. So, nothing is going on in Imo.
“Tomorrow, we will be having actions at Abuja and Lagos airports. We will take over the airport access. There is no light in Imo, everything is on holiday because an evil man is trying to force himself on people. That cannot work. There should be an end to his madness. Their determination is to forcefully say that he has won the election.”
When asked if the Union was not concerned that the strike will have an impact on the state’s governorship race on November 11 and therefore prolong Uzodimma’s term, “He cannot be the governor of a state that is not operating,” stated Ugboaja. In our nation, arrangements are made. A wicked man is not someone you can have around. We want investigators from throughout the world to come look at him. This guy has massacred people and destroyed property.
Organised Labour gave its members an order on Tuesday to stop providing services right now and to close Imo State indefinitely starting at midnight.
In addition, Labour instructed all public and private employees in the federation to join forces in terminating their employment by Tuesday, November 14, at midnight, should their demands remain unfulfilled.
The incident happened after Joe Ajaero, the National President of the NLC, was brutalized in Imo State last week.
Following a combined National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the National Labor Congress (NLC) came to the resolution.
The labor centers had set certain requirements for initiating the strike, which included the following: the arrest and prompt prosecution of Mr. Nwaneri Chinasa, Uzodinma’s aid; the investigation and deployment of the Imo Commissioner of Police; the dismissal of the Area Commander of the Police and all other Officers and Men in Owerri, through whom the Police Commissioner oversaw the attack.
The incident happened after Joe Ajaero, the national president of the NLC, was brutalized in Imo State last week.
The NLC’s executive leadership yesterday, acknowledged that undermining Imo State is primarily intended to sabotage Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
When he appeared on a television show, Mr. Uchenna Ekwe, the workers union’s head of international relations, disclosed this.
Ekwe declared that whether or not the Imo shutdown violated the constitution, there was no turning back.
“If the election in Imo is called off, would the world end?” he said.
One of the panelists brought up the fact that the NLC would be breaking Nigerian law if it interfered with the election, but Ekwe dismissed the reminder as unimportant.
He emphasized, “We don’t think anything good would come out of the election.”
Additionally, he stated that the NLC did not care when the strike occurred as long as it succeeded in persuading Governor Hope Uzodimma to comply with Labour’s demands.
Regarding the current court order that prevents NLC from initiating a strike, he stated that they do not acknowledge any temporary injunction. and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), following a joint meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) on Tuesday in Abuja, arrived at the resolution.
The labor centers had set certain requirements for initiating the strike, which included the following: the arrest and prompt prosecution of Mr. Nwaneri Chinasa, Uzodinma’s aid; the investigation and deployment of the Imo Commissioner of Police; the dismissal of the Area Commander of the Police and all other Officers and Men in Owerri, through whom the Police Commissioner oversaw the attack.
