Wike: Labour Has Failed Nigerians

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that labour has failed Nigerians by refusing to act in the face of unbridled killings of defenceless Nigerians across the country.

The governor said it is uncharitable for labour to be only concerned about salary increment when their kith and kin are mauled to the death on a daily basis. In an address during the 2018 Workers’ Day in Port Harcourt, Wike said: “Labour is only after the increment of wages and emoluments without showing concern for the mass killings going on across different states of the federation.

“Labour is quiet in the face of deaths. Of what benefit will increment of salaries be when all your children, friends and relatives are killed in the face of this national insecurity? It is incumbent on labour to rise up in defence of Nigerians by demanding for immediate cessation of killings.” Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (middle) , flanked by the state Chairman of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Igbokwe Chukwuma Igbokwe (left), and state Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Maurice Eze, during the 2018 May Day cerebration in Enugu....yesterday

it would continue to attend to their welfare.

“Let me reiterate that our administration will neither take you for granted nor refuse to continue to attend to your welfare. Let me assure you that your promotion, dues as well as other benefits have always engaged our attention.”