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You have done well for workers, we will miss you, labour leaders tell Ugwuanyi

By Guardian Nigeria
31 March 2023   |   4:21 am
The leadership of organised labour in Enugu State comprising Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has paid glowing tributes to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his exceptional commitment to the welfare of the state workforce notwithstanding the challenges experienced by his administration since it assumed office in 2015.

Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (middle), with the state’s Governor-elect, Dr. Peter Mbah (left) and Deputy Governor-elect, Ifeanyi Ossai, when they visited the governor at the Government House, Enugu, shortly after they received their certificates of return from Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu…yesterday.

The leadership of organised labour in Enugu State comprising Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has paid glowing tributes to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his exceptional commitment to the welfare of the state workforce notwithstanding the challenges experienced by his administration since it assumed office in 2015.

The labour leaders, in what could be described as a valedictory visit to the governor at the Government House, Enugu, yesterday, said the governor has done so well for workers, even though “we may not say that you have solved all the issues facing workers.”

The organised labour stressed that Ugwuanyi met the most difficult economic recession twice in the history of the state and in Nigeria, and yet, he was able to address basic needs of workers to a satisfactory level, and enjoyed harmonious working relationship with the state workforce unlike in the past.

Pointing out that Enugu is predominantly a civil service state with inherent huge wage bills and other financial obligations to be attended to monthly from the state’s lean resources, the workers appreciated the governor’s remarkable efforts in addressing their needs and also attend to development issues in the state.

Speaking on behalf of the workers of the state and leaders of the organised labour, the state Chairman of the TUC, Bennett Asogwa, disclosed that their relationship with Ugwuanyi is cordial and unprecedented in the history of the state, saying: “We know that we are going to miss you. We are praying for the incoming governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, to be better; but, so far, so excellent.”

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