The Nation Newspaper NLC strike fails to hold in Imo
President Joe Ajaero last week, the NLC and the Trade Union Congress declared strike in Imo from midnight yesterday.But at the state Secretariat along Port Harcourt Road, Owerri, government workers were seen at their various duty posts.At the Sam Mbakwe Airport, there was no disruption of operations. Flights came in from Lagos, Abuja and other places. There were also outbound flights.
EDDC spokesman Emeka Ezeh said: “The union shutting down our source of supply at Egbu Transmission Station, leaving us with no energy to distribute to our customers.” The state government chided the faction for its hardline position, saying that the strike was politically motivated. Ofoegbu said: “The strike began in the state at midnight and will continue until November 14 when the national strike will commence and we will not stop until our demands are met.”
“Would the world end if the election doesn’t hold in Imo?”, Comrade Uchenna Ekwe, its Head of International Relations, asked during a national television programme.When reminded by one of the panelists that the union would be violating the constitution if it disrupts the election, Ekwe said it was not significant.Ekwe said NLC was not interested in the timing of the strike, adding that the goal is to mount pressure on Governor Hope Uzodimma to accede to its demands.
Emelumba urged security to ensure that the poll is not disrupted by the NLC under the guise of protest.
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