NLC condemns unlawful invasion of NURTW National Secretariat
Tamarauemi Ebimini
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the unlawful invasion of the National Secretariat of the National Union of Road Transport Workers {NURTW) by alleged thugs and hoodlums.
Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC Pesident who said this in a statement co-signed by Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, NLC General Secretary on Monday in Abuja said the thugs were escorted by men in police uniform.
Ajaero said this in a resolution reached at the end of an emergency National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting on Monday in Abuja.
He said that the resolution was reached after exhaustively deliberation of NAC -in-session on the unlawful invasion of the NURTW National Secretariat.
The NLC president also noted that the Nigeria Police had a recent history of interfering in the internal affairs of the
NURTW and indeed other unions.
He added that the police had usurped the powers of arbitration in industrial disputes contrary to the dictates of the statutes governing the nation’s industrial relations clime.
Ajaero added that a national shutdown is possible given this undemocratic action in a democracy.
He also said that there was need to avert further escalation has therefore become exigent.
