By Onyekachi Eze
Organized Labour in Imo State, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has disassociated self from the purported “thank you” rally being planned for the State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha.
Recall that Trumpeta had earlier last week reported of plot from government quarters to coerce State Civil Servants into embarking on solidarity march on the streets of Owerri in what is termed “a thank you rally” for the governor.
Worried at the development, the organized labour in a statement sent out through fliers advised workers to disregard the “falsehood” that is spreading like fire, saying, the purported rally originally slated for today, Tuesday 19th June, 2018 but shifted for Thursday is not in the best interest of the workers.
It further stated that the program said to be organized by the Welfare Associations in the MDAs does not have the blessing of the workers’ union.
Further information gathered by this newspaper has it on authoritative grounds that in respect to the said rally, the workers are getting threatening messages from the coordinators as circulated among the ministries, departments and agencies.
The threat message indicates that those who fail to participate will be treated as deviants and will be dealt with administratively. They are likely going to have their salaries seized. According to the workers, the intention of the workers is to intimidate the civil servants into taking part in the rally.
Meanwhile, a worker who spoke to Trumpeta under strict anonymity frowned at the level of threatening messages they received, hence the need to doubt on the genuity of the so called “thank you rally” for the governor.
