Chairperson of the Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Beatrice Itubo, has accused the government of disrupting the union’s meeting on Sunday.
Beatrice said thugs led by a councilor within the state stormed the Medical and Health Union Workers Union state secretariat, disrupting the meeting and inflicting injuries on participant
She said the thugs chased the workers out of the venue using dangerous weapo
They also vented their anger on properties and vehicles within the vicinity, she adde
“We actually scheduled a gathering of the state council in line with the directive of the national secretariat that we should always meet with our ULC brothers and integrate. So, two men came to us, one among them introduced himself because the councilor of Ward 7, Obiakpo, and that they have a directive from above that the meeting shouldn't hol
“Then we saw tons of boys, they started banging everywhere, the vehicles, and chased us away. I don’t know when our state need to this level that workers can’t meet. they need locked the secretariat they said they built for us, now this one that's our own they don’t want us to use i
“There are several states that have issues with labour and that they are dialoging
"Today they said they came with a mandate and that i want to place it on record, should anything happen to any labour leader within the state, the govt of the day should be held responsible cause they need began to unleash tons of arsenal on us. they need decided to bring bad boys to hunt us and that we are aware and that we also are watching. therefore the people should remember , the federal should remember , the international community should remember that if anything happens to any labour leader during this state, the govt should be held responsible,” she sai
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