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| Governor Aliyu Wamako of Sokoto State |
Nigeria Labour Congress has threatened
mass action against Sokoto State Governor Aliyu Wamakko if he refuses to
apologise for his alleged physical assault on a Power Holding Company
of Nigeria worker.
President of the NLC, Mr. Abdulwahed
Omar, said information available to the congress showed that the PHCN
worker was invited and beaten to a state of coma by Wamakko because of
power failure during a function in his home town.
Omar said the NLC had directed all unions in the state to mobilise workers to protest against the alleged attack. He said, “The position of congress is
that the governor must apologise publicly and he must do this as quickly
as possible, otherwise we will unleash a series of actions to protect
the integrity of not just workers in Sokoto State, but that of the
generality of Nigerian workers.
The Nigerian Labour Congress is putting every
worker in both the public and private sectors in Sokoto State on notice
by directing all unions to commence mobilization 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.”
Abdulwaheed Omar said the congress had to
take further steps to compel the governor to apologise as he ignored the
repeated calls by the National Union of Electricity Employees to tender
a public apology for the assault on the PHCN worker. He insisted that the refusal of the
governor to apologise was glaringly indicative of his plan to inflict
hardship on the people of the state.
Omar said the conduct of the governor
was unexpected of an elected public office holder in a
sensitive position of governance, stressing that it constituted an
embarrassment to the people of the state.
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