Workers in Enugu State under the auspices of Organized Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) have thrown their weights behind the move by the State Government to appoint Caretaker Committees to run the affairs of the 17 Local Government Councils in the state.
They pointed out that the Local Government system in the state has “failed woefully in service delivery and provision of dividends of democracy to the grassroots”, adding that the Labour Unions support any policy of the government aimed at cleansing the rot in the system before constituting a new Local Government Administration in the state.
The workers made their decision known through a statement jointly signed by the Enugu State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Viginues Nwobodo Chuks and Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) / Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC), Comrade Igbokwe Chukwuma Igbokwe.
The state chapter of the Organized Labour commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi “for the decision to appoint Caretaker Committees for the Local Government Areas in Enugu State pending the conclusion of the on-going staff audit”.
The workers urged the governor not to compromise merit in the appointment of the caretaker committee members and charged him to remain resolute in his efforts to “recover any public fund misappropriated by any public officer in the Local Government system”
According to the statement, “the Organized Labour in Enugu State pledges to support any policy by the present administration to clean the rot in the system and to provide good governance, sustainable development, economic growth, and healthcare delivery to the good people of the state as encapsulated in the 4-point agenda”.
It could be recalled that Enugu State Stakeholders and the State Chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) – the umbrella Organization of all the Political Parties in the country, had recently endorsed the setting up of Caretaker Committees due to the on-going local government staff audit and others reforms; and the inadequate budgetary provision for the exercise in the current budget.
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