NLC Condemns proscription of unions in Kogi State
•Frowns at govs staying in Abuja •Commissions 10 CNG buses for workers THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday lamented that most state governors abandon their states and live permanently in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, while the people they were supposed to govern are facing hardship. President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, stated this in what appeared to be a townhall meeting with workers at the NLC Secretariat, Lokoja. The NLC leadership is in Kogi State to deliver and commission 10 Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, buses provided to the state chapter of the congress to ease transportation problem. The town hall meeting was organised primarily for the workers to present their problems and demands to the NLC leadership, so the matters could be taken to the governor. Ajaero, who noted that the leadership had gone to about five zones, regretted that the governors were always absent, having travelled to Abuja. While stressing that workers were feeling the heat of the harsh eco...