By Victor Ahiuma-Young
ABUJA—NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, threatened to shut
down all economic and commercial activities in Sokoto State should
Governor Aliyu Wamakko refuse to apologise for allegedly flogging an
officer of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, to a comma in public.
In a statement by NLC’s President, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar, the congress
argued that the action of the governor was unacceptable in any decent
society, uncivilised and an undemocratic behaviour least expected of
anyone elected to serve the interests of the entire citizens of the
state.
NLC said the action of the governor was a violation of the
fundamental human rights of the PHCN worker and also exposed the limit
of the governor’s exposure to democratic ideals.
It called on Sokoto State House of Assembly to take urgent steps to
save the citizens from suffering the consequences of the governor’s
action.
It read in part: “Since the governor has opted to ignore the union’s
modest request for apology and consequently put the whole state in total
blackout, it is clear that his intentions were not just to violate the
rights of the PHCN worker but also to inflict deeper hardships on the
citizenry.
“By any standards, what the governor did was not just barbaric,
irresponsible but coming from a man of his political standing, it also
sends a disturbing signal to ordinary citizens who may decide to follow
the governor’s example by opting for jungle justice rather than follow
legal and constitutional procedures.
“A governor should behave differently from a tout. A street fighter is not fit enough for any public office in a decent country.
“We will invoke our collective slogan of An Injury to One is an Injury to All.
“Congress is, therefore, putting every worker in both the public and
private sectors in Sokoto State on notice by directing all unions to
commence mobilisation towards a solidarity action by the entire workers
of the state against this barbaric act by the governor, if he does not
accede to the demand of the union to apologise.”
culled: vanguard
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