Workers of 34 affiliate union of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Edo State weekend says Comrade Odion Olaye is no longer the state chairman of NLC and therefore warned the National President, Comrade Joe Ajaro to trade with caution.
The Edo state council of the Nigerian labour Congress also rubbished the statement credited to the erstwhile chairman of the labour congress in the state, Mr olaye.
The state chairman, comrade Bernard joman explained that a vote of no confidence was moved by 34 out of 37 affiliate unions in the state Executive meeting held at the labour Secretariat in the state, including his supposed affiliate union, the National Union of Road Transport Workers with whom he is still at logger heads with after being the body’s chairman for over 22 years without an election.
He said Olaye has since been pushed out and an election conducted, a new chairman already emerged in the person of Comrade Saturday Oamen.
“The leadership of the NLC in Edo state as ably led by comrade Bernard joman has already concluded negotiations with the state government on the 70,000 naira minimum wage domestication,and a committee is in place’ as we speak to you now, we are fine tuning the final documents that will form the template for the new salary scale in the state.
“Mr olaye has been hiding in Abuja for over 3 months now, he has not been in the state, neither does he have the constitutional powers to call a state Administrative Council meeting , not to talk of an Executive Council meeting to address any issues relating to workers welfare in the state, because he turned himself into a labour leader who lines his pockets with crumbs from politicians in an attempt to derail the labour movement in the state.
“EDO STATE Chapter of the Nigerian labour Congress has since moved on and have a new executive who are saddled with the responsibility to move the workers in Edo to the next level and the rightful position amongst other workers in country.
“For the purpose of clarity, Mr olaye should desist from parading himself as Edo NLC CHAIRMAN as his actions is deceitful and capable of causing breach of public peace. And the state congress is also using this medium to call on the national leadership of the NLC to be objective in their dealings and not to take sided because of pecuniary gains.”