It is unclear for now if the commissioner’s removal was in connection with the workers’ strike in the state.
on Saturday approved the immediate removal of the state Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Ford Ozumba.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that no reason was given for the removal of the commissioner who was directed to handover to the Permanent Secretary of the ministry with immediate effect. Workers in the state, under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress, on 8 March, embarked on an indefinite strike overof the Imo State Government in the election of new state executives of the union.
The NLC president alleged that the Imo State Government “sought to influence the outcome of the elections in the state,” by offering gratifications to the delegates to vote for their “chosen candidates.”
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