The organized labor in Kogi State has cancelled the celebration of workers day otherwise known as May Day, Our Kogi State Correspondent reports.
The Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Kogi State, Comrade Onuh Edoka and his Trade Union Congress, TUC counterpart, Ojo Ranti disclosed this in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
Edoka said the cancellation of the May Day is to register the organized labour displeasure on the way and manner the state government handled its members so far.
The NLC Boss, who also expressed dissatisfaction with the work of the Screening Appeal and Complaint Committee, said the report is yet to be made available to the organized labor in order for the union to come up with its observation, describing it as government antics not to allow labor have details contained in the report.
He explained that the nonpayment of salaries to a large number of workers, pensioners over the last fourteen months has destroyed the civil service and the workforce of the state.
According to the Chairman, the nonpayment of salaries and pensions has led to loss of lives and brought untold hardship to workers in the State.
Edoka frowned at the situation where it has become difficult for civil servants affected by the screening and verification exercise to feed their families and meet other necessary obligations.
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