The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said that it won’t support the presidential ambition of Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike.
This was made known by The Rivers State NLC chairman, Mrs Beatrice Itubo during a radio interview on Rhythm 93.7 FM Port Harcourt.
Mrs Itubo said the Governor does not take care of civil servants and pensioners in the State, stating that the governor subject workers and pensioners in the State to untold hardship.
She said, “We have seen what is happening here in Rivers State. Pensioners have not been paid their gratuity since the inception of this administration. Workers have not been promoted since the inception of this administration”.
She accused the governor of not employing new civil servants thereby making the state secretariat and hospitals to be empty.
“Everywhere in the secretariat, even the schools and hospitals are empty. No workers, people are not employed.”
“They (workers) should come all out during the 2023 elections and vote for the candidates of their choice, who will be able to take the welfare of workers as a first charge. That is exactly what we are saying.
“That is the essence of this sensitization that we are in too. Charity they say begins at home. Let him (Wike) come home and pay retirees their gratuities, pay pension arrears, promote workers and then employ.
“The system is empty. It is not just to run from here and then you want to go to Abuja. There in Abuja, will you kill all the workers in Nigeria? Let him start the whole thing here (Rivers) so that we can give him the support. Without that, he will not have my support,” she added.
