The recent strike action embarked upon by Labour Unions in Nigeria is no longer a interesting until the union reeled out conditions by which NLC will hold at hand to negotiate the call off.
The conditions are simplified on six points template which is still negotiable between the union and Federal Government of Nigeria under His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR.
Recall that NLC embarked on strike action shutting down all public offices, electricity supply, petroleum products, air travel amongst others. It came to fore when the action continued to linger till date and time of filling this report by 9News Nigeria.
NLC listed the six conditions in a series of posts via its official X handle (formerly known as Twitter).
The NLC said, first, Chinasa Nwaneri, A Special Adviser to the Imo Governor on Special Duties who allegedly led the attack on NLC President Joe Ajaero and other workers in the State must be arrested and prosecuted.
The union also said all police officers as well as thugs involved in the attack on the labour leader should be arrested, prosecuted and dismissed.
It also demanded the arrest, prosecution and dismissal of the Chief Security Officer in Imo State Government House simply identified as SP Shaba.
“He led, participated and provided cover for thugs to brutalise workers in Imo State,” the NLC alleged.
Another condition given by the labour union was the arrest, persecution and dismissal of an unnamed police area commander who it said supervised the brutalization of the NLC president and other workers in the state.
The sixth condition for peace was that the former Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Ahmed Barde, must be investigated and prosecuted for his alleged involvement in the assault of the NLC chief.
“Our demands are simple. We want justice,” the group wrote in the X post.
On its website, the union in a post titled: “This strike is a protest against the emerging culture of state violence and impunity” demanded that the administration of President Bola Tinubu should nip in the bud the burgeoning culture of harassment, intimidation, violence and terror.
It said: “We would want Nigerians to not lend themselves to the “private matter” narrative being promoted by agents of government as it is intended to divert attention from the real issues.
“Even as no freedom can be greater than the personal liberty of an individual in a popular democracy, which was violently and viciously violated in Imo, what the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria are fighting through this strike action are serial acts of violence/assault and impunity committed against individuals and organisations by the Nigeria Police Force or under their watchful eye or supervision.
“We make haste to cite three instances here even as there are several others within the brief life of this government.”
However, accessing the views of some Nigerians who spoke with us, the possibility of the Federal Government to agree to these conditions of NLC as posted on their handle seems unrealistic and may likely breed more tension and exposing hidden plans to the elongation of Nation wide strike embarked upon by Labour Unions as gathered by 9News Nigeria.
Princely Onyenwe reporting
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