The Organised Labour in Kogi yesterday raised the alarm over reports
emanating from the staff verification exercise set up by government,
saying the state chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Onuh
Edoka is amongst those purportedly declared as ‘ghost workers’.
The
organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade
Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), at a press
conference in Lokoja, faulted reports of the screening exercise which
they described as ‘antics by the state government to massively downsize
the workforce’.
The state Chairman of TUC, Comrade Ojo Ranti, who
spoke on behalf of the Organised Labour, called on the government to
withdraw the purported list of ‘cleared’ local government workers sent
to the various councils within 24 hours as that was not known to Labour.