Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has accused the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, of pursuing the agenda of the Labour Party in the State.
The Governor said this when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday.
He said “Joe Ajaero is pursuing his personal interest.
“He (Ajaero) has said times with number that he is a member of the Labour Party (LP). He has a candidate in the election of Imo State. So, he is driving whatever programme that will give advantage to Labour Party in Imo State.”
Uzodimma who said he does not know why the NLC leader has been hostile to his government, added that he looks forward to the day he will engage the Labour Union.
“It’s surprising that an NLC president from Imo State will be hostile to my government,” he said.
The governor maintained that contrary to claims by the NLC, there were backlogs of salaries that were not paid before he came that his administration had cleared.
It would be recalled that trouble started when NLC president, Ajaero was arrested and brutalised in Owerri last Wednesday just before a planned protest in the state to press the state government to heed the demands of the workers in the state.
NLC accused the Uzodimma government of supervising the assault on Ajaero but the government has denied the allegations.
The NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had since ordered the shutdown of essential services in Imo as a protest for the attack on Ajaero and declared a nationwide strike effective November 14, 2023.
On Wednesday, aviation unions in Nigeria directed their workers to withdraw services to all public and private Owerri flights (both inwards and outwards) with effect from midnight. L
They also declared the Governor Persona Non Grata.
