A week after Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike disbanded the Road Traffic Management Agency (TIMA-RIV), the state chapter of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) has accused the governor of violating a law.
AUPCTRE, in a communiqué yesterday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, by its Chairman Henry Urombo and the Secretary Adekeye Johnson, said rather than sack the traffic marshals, the governor should have integrated them into government’s payroll.
The union noted that TIMA-RIV was a creation of the State Traffic Law No. 6 of 2009, adding that Part V, Section 40 legally states the establishment, composition and formation of its board.
Urombo read the communiqué yesterday after the council’s executive meeting in Port Harcourt.
The union leader said Section 50, sub-section 1(c) stipulates the conditions of the service rules.
He said the disbandment of the traffic marshals would affect the workers and their dependents, considering the harsh economic realities.
Urombo said: “It will lead to an increase in the rate of unemployment and crime in the state.
“Government’s action was against stipulated laws. TIMA-RIV is currently owed eight months’ salaries -from October 2014 to May 2015. The staff strength of TIMA-RIV stands at over 706, duly employed and confirmed, as enshrined in the public service rule.”
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