Ajaero Mixing Politics With Unionism, Says Imo Governor

Governor Hope Uzodinma has accused the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Joe Ajaero, of mixing politics with unionism.

Speaking yesterday after receiving the flag of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governorship candidate of the party for the November 11 election from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Governor Uzodinma denied the allegation of orchestrating Wednesday’s attack on the labour leader.

The governor said the embattled NLC president went ahead with protest when the state chapter, which had backed his second term bid, had dissociated themselves from the action. He said as an indigene of Imo State, Mr. Ajaero has been involved in local politics. 

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Governor Uzodinma also dismissed the insinuation that Imo State owed civil servants, explaining that he had automated the payment of salaries and had continued to pay N30,000 minimum wage and 13th month since January 15, 2020 when he was sworn in as governor.

Mr. Uzodinma who said he only paid Imo State civil servants, and not Federal Civil Servants, challenged any Imo State civil servant to come up to say that between 2020 January 5 till date that he or she did not receive salary in any of the months.