Don’t destabilise Imo, Okorocha appeals to NLC

IMO State Governor, Ro­chas Okorocha has appealed to organised Labour not to destabilise the state follow­ing plans by both the nation­al leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Imo chapter to commence mass protest in the state over suspended parastatal work­ers. Okorocha said embark­ing on a protest would nei­ther benefit the state nor the people.

Okorocha, who made the appeal yesterday called on the state leadership of the NLC to accept govern­ment’s invitation to partici­pate in 18-member commit­tee set up by the government to review cases of workers affected by the suspension.

The Imo governor, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo said, “instead of embarking on the pro­test that might end up not benefitting anyone, the na­tional leadership of the NLC should be patriotic enough to advise the leadership of the NLC in the state to hon­our their invitations to par­ticipate in the high-powered 18 – member committee set up by the state government to review cases of staff af­fected by the suspension in question so that the matter can be resolved amicably in the spirit ofno victor, no vanquished.

“The committee would have been inaugurated last Tuesday, but the inaugura­tion could not take place be­cause the Labour representa­tives did not turn up for the event.”

He disclosed that the com­mittee has the NLC chair­man in the state, chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), chairman of the Ni­geria Medical Association, Imo State chapter, chair­man National Union of Lo­cal Government Employees (NULGE), Representative of Magistrates Association, Representative of Academic Staff Union of Universi­ties (ASUU) IMSU, Imo Polytechnic, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), chair­man of Imo State branch of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Representative of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, (JUSUN) as mem­bers. While representatives of the state government on the committee include the Head of Service, Principal Secretary to the governor, the Attorney General, the Accountant General, Com­missioner of Finance, Per­manent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Principal Secretary to the deputy gov­ernor are also members of the committee. Chairman of Imo State Council of Tradi­tional Rulers, Eze Samuel Ohiri is equally a member.

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