NLC President, Ayuba Wabba,
gave this indication while answering questions at the News Agency of Nigeria
Forum on Sunday in Abuja.
The Nigeria Labour
Congress, NLC has condemned the Imo State Government’s three-day work and
two-day farming for workers, as recently introduced by Governor Rochas
Okorocha.
Wabba said;
“First, we have condemned
in very strong terms what the Imo State Governor tries to do by forcefully
sending workers to the farm.
“Don’t forget that the
public service rule is very clear about what trade a worker can actually do to
add to his normal routine services.
“It provided that on your
own volition, you can join farming as part of your normal routine activities,
and that is allowed by law.
“But to criminally now go
to the state House of Assembly and pass a law overnight without public hearing
and without consultation is against the ILO convention; it is against our rules
and procedure in service.
“To say that you want to
force workers compulsorily to go into faming two days a week is the height of
not even understanding how governance or how public service is run.
“I am sure that is
condemnable.’’
Source: Punch
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