- Union hails Soludo over N82,000 wage, appeals for land
Anambra state chapter of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has returned comrade Chris Ogbonna as its chairman, alongside nine other Executive members
The election, held at the Havila hotels and Suites in Awka, was supervised by the union’s national body, represented by the national secretary, comrade Dr Nuhu Toro.
Others at the venue of the quadrennial Congress of the TUC were the chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, comrade Nwafor, members of the Department of State Service, DSS among others
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The national secretary, Toro, represented by the Principal Assistant Secretary General of TUC, comrade Kenneth Mokwenye, wept about the insecurity in the country
He said the killings, kidnappings and other crimes had become worrisome, while calling on governments at all levels to do more in other to tame the monsters
But however, commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo for being the only governor in the zone who has surpassed the payment of the 70,000 naira minimum wage, adding that paying 82,000 naira was not a mean feat,” we’re like Oliver Twist, we demand for more “
The Head of Service, HoS, Dame Okwy Igwegbe, a Lawyer, assured the workers that Soludo would always do more for the people of the state with the right cooperation.