Rivers State chapter of the African Democracy Congress, ADC, has vowed to make sure that the Emohua Native Authorities employees who have been not too long ago sacked by the council chairman, Hon. Chidi Lloyd get justice.
DAILY POST recollects that the management of the Nigeria Union of Native Authorities Workers, NULGE, Rivers State chapter, had on Monday, directed its members throughout the 23 native authorities areas to proceed on a seven-day warning strike over the transfer by the chairman.
They alleged that Lloyd sacked over 300 employees within the council after returning for a second time period as LG chairman.
Based on stories, the Chairman had throughout his first tenure, dismissed the employees, describing them as ghost employees.
They have been, nonetheless, reinstated by the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in the course of the political disaster that rocked the state.
Nonetheless, upon his return after the latest LG election, Lloyd fired the employees once more.
The strike by NULGE was, nonetheless, suspended following a swift intervention of Governor Fubara.
Reacting, ADC in a press release by its Chairman, Chief Sampson Chief, condemned the motion, describing it as heartless.
The ADC chairman issued the assertion on Tuesday shortly after a quick assembly with senior political adviser Dr. Fortune Alfred, who’s presently the top of the south-south regional workplace of the international, commonwealth and improvement workplace.
Based on the ADC Chairman, the “heartless actions of Hon. Chidi Lloyd, who callously sacked the LGA employees amidst Nigeria’s financial turmoil exposes the merciless disregard of our present authorities for the well-being of Rivers state residents”.
He famous that “such acts of barbarity are an indicator of the oppressive regime propped up” by leaders on the federal degree
“The ADC won’t stand by idly whereas our folks endure. We vow to combat tirelessly for justice and liberation, and by 2027, we’ll liberate Rivers state from the clutches of those oppressive rulers.” Sampson added.
The chairman acknowledged Governor Fubara’s swift intervention, warning that any additional abuse of energy can be met with fierce resistance.
