Butchers Union seeks FG’s intervention over emerging faction in Edo
02 January 2025 |
2:07 am
The National Union of Butchery Workers of Nigeria (NUBWN)/ National Butchers Union of Nigeria, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment to revoke the registration of a newly formed parallel union to avoid internal conflicts among members.
The National Union of Butchery Workers of Nigeria (NUBWN)/ National Butchers Union of Nigeria, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment to revoke the registration of a newly formed parallel union to avoid internal conflicts among members.
Speaking at a national executive meeting in Benin City, Edo State, the union’s National President, Chief John Osamede Adun, described the new “National Union of Butchery Employees of Nigeria” as illegal and called for immediate intervention by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Dingyadi.
Adun emphasised the union’s commitment to peace and urged caution to prevent a potential crisis, saying, “Our Union was registered in 1966, and not a baby Union.”
The union’s national president, who frowned at a situation where two unions are performing the same functions and roles said: “We have written through our lawyers to the Ministry of Labour to rescind the registration of the rival union.
“We observed with dismay that the sole aim of registration of a new Butchers Union is to cause division, disunity and disaffection among the existing and age-long National Union of Butchery Workers of Nigeria (NUBWN)/ National Butchers Union of Nigeria.
“We are not in support of the crisis in Edo State Butchers Union and we call on the federal government through the Ministry of Labour and Employment to cancel the registration of the newly registered body to avert any bloody confrontation by our members in Edo State,” he said.
On his part, National Secretary Ahmed Muhammed Borgu, who decried the registration of a parallel body by the federal government, said the issue, if not immediately resolved, could result in a crisis.
He noted that the Butcher’s Union hand tools namely Knifes and Cutlasses are weapons that aggrieved members usually use to pick a fight. Borgu said the government must intervene now to ensure that the original union, registered in 1966, remains as the only legal and recognized union. He warned those behind the forming of a parallel union to desist forthwith and not disrupt the peace in the union in Edo State.
He appealed to the ministry and judiciary to restore unity by revoking the registration of the newly formed body.
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