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| Speaker Benjamin Uwajimogu |
Reported By: Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha(Special Adviser on Media to Speaker)
The on-going strike action in Imo State embarked upon by the Nigerian labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), Imo State branches for one week may now be a thing of the past.
The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Uwajumogu stepped in to resolve the crisis which has crippled civil service activities in the past one week.
In a meeting held at the Assembly Conference Hall on the 23rd September 2011,Speaker Uwajumogu thanked the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress Imo State branches for the mature manner they conducted themselves throughout the negotiation process. Rt.Hon. Uwajumogu who was represented at the meeting by Hon Brother Stan Dara(member representing Orsu constituency ),declared that Gov. Rochas Okorocha was the first Governor to accept the payment of N18,000 minimum wage because He (Gov. Rochas Okorocha) knew that civil servants deserve better treatment. Uwajumogu therefore pleaded with the labour unions to allow government to work out modalities on how to handle the minimum wage issue by calling off the strike action, saying that the Government and the people are the losers of the indefinite strike action .
''We have had an executive session on how to tackle this problem and by the grace of God , Imo State will wriggle out of this N18,000 wage bill problem. This is a listening Government. The Governor means well for this state. The Imo State House of Assembly will assist to solve this problem and we have the capacity to do so. Please I plead with you to call off the strike'', the Speaker pleaded.
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Posted By Public Information Project Management(PIPROM) to chidi opara reports at 9/24/2011 09:58:00 AM
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