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Anambra Workers Berates Soludo’s Absence at May Day Rally

POSTED ON May 2, 2024 •   Politics      BY Benedicta Bassey
Anambra state governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo/Premiumtimes

Anambra workers have on Thursday expressed displeasure following the absence of the state governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo at the worker’s day rally.

Soludo was represented at the Alex Ekwueme Square by Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, the state Deputy Governor.

The workers said Soludo stayed away from the function because he was afraid of addressing the long list of needs presented by the NLC and TUC. 

They repeatedly shouted “No” to appeal for them to file out for the match-past, insisting that Soludo has never attended worker’s function since he became governor. They eventually grudgingly undertook the match past.

The Deputy Governor who later addressed the protesting workers, assured the workers that their grievances would soon be addressed.

He said: “Governor Soludo as a worker-friendly governor is aware of your plights. You will definitely hear from him soon.”

Earlier, workers in the state had presented a long list of demands. They called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to suspend the deduction of the contributory pension from their salaries to ensure industrial harmony in the state.

The state Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Humphrey Nwafor, workers expressed worry over what he called improper introduction and implementation of the contributory pension scheme.

He said, “From the beginning of the scheme, monies deducted were rarely remitted to the Pension Fund Administrators (PFA). 
“Before the present administration came on board the state were deducting only the workers part of the contribution even without remitting same to the various PFA’s and refused to pay the Government part.

“The organized labour is dissatisfied with the continued deduction even after the reoccurring May Day prayers by organized labour requesting for the suspension of the scheme. 

“We call on the Governor, whom we believe is not only worker friendly but hate injustice with passion, as a matter of urgency, to suspend the deduction of the contributory pension from the workers salary so as to ensure industrial harmony in the state.”

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