Don’t interfer in tenure of our union leaders – NLC tells Nigerian Govt
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called on the Federal Government not to take steps at interfering in the tenure of union leaders in the country.
NLC Head of Information, Mr Benson Upah, made the call while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.
Upah alleged that the government wanted to impose a two-year tenure on labour leaders.
He said such action would amount to meddling in the internal running of trade unions and a gross violation of the corpus of Labour Law and International Labour Organisation, ILO, Conventions.
“The federal government should put an end to the ongoing alleged hybrid war against Congress.
“However, if the government feels that two years is the best tenure to go, it should be two years for everyone including office of the President and principal public officers as well,” he said.
He also appealed to the government to stop meddling in the affairs of the Labour Party and as well and end the destabilization campaign against opposition parties.
Upah said the police must tender an unreserved apology to NLC for the invasion of its headquarters or risk an industrial action or other options open to Congress to express its dissatisfaction.
He added that the explanations by the police for the invasion had consistently failed to add up, including the purported legal documents from a court of jurisdiction permitting the raid.
