Rivers crisis: Organised Labour threatens to take strong action

The political unrest roiling the state has prompted the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Rivers State branch, to declare that it will take action.

According to the NLC, the crisis is having a negative impact on state employees.

Following a combined Organised Labour meeting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Saturday, Alex Agwanwo, the chairman of the state NLC, made this declaration.

Agwanwo criticized the scheme to distract the state governor from delivering good governance to the state, urged everyone concerned to stay in action.

He said, “We condemn in totality the crisis in Rivers State and we call for immediate peace between all the political actors involved so that we can have peace and prosperity in the state.

“Honestly, this crisis is not helping us. When two elephants fight the grasses suffer. As workers, we are feeling the impact.

“The state is tensed. Our members are beginning to complain about the uprising and how their welfare is now being delayed.”

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