The leaderships and members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Cross River State Council and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Cross River State Wing, have dissociated themselves from the strike action called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state.
In a communiqué issued at the end of the state executive council (SEC) meeting of NULGE held on Friday, October 2, 2015, and signed by the state chairman, Comrade Godwin U. Ayendi, and the state secretary, Comrade Peace A. Chukwu, NULGE frowned at the action of NLC.
While describing the strike as un-timely, it claimed that due process was not followed by the NLC before calling workers out on strike.
It, therefore, urged its members to disregard the directive by NLC to stay at home.
“The SEC-In-Session frowned at the intended action of the congress and resolved that members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees would not participate in the strike reasons being that NULGE was not invited to the Nigeria Labour Congress and Public Service Negotiating Council (PSNC) before the strike was taken. The SEC-in- session views the strike as untimely, as due process for the call for the strike action was not followed,” the communiqué stated.
NULGE asserted that though there are pending issues affecting staff of the union which need attention, it however dissociated itself from the purported strike by NLC, and stressed the need for members to go about their normal duties without fear of molestation.
It also urged the government to ensure the prompt payment of salaries of NULGE members and pensioners along side with their state counterparts.