Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Rivers State chapter, has threatened to go on strike if the judgment of Justice Joyce Abdulmalik stopping the federal government allocations to the state was not reversed.
The union threatened that if the judgment urging Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) not to release the monthly allocations was not reversed, it would direct withdrawal of workers’ services in the state.
Chairman of NLC in the state, Alex Agwanwo, who spoke with journalists shortly after an emergency meeting with labour leaders in the state, said if the judgment subsisted, the state government will not be able to pay salaries of civil servants. Agwanwo condemned the court decision, threatening that NLC will not allow its workers to face hardship following the judgment.
“Everybody knows that taking allocation away from a state will put the state into suffering. It will disrupt governance in a state because governance will not take place without funds.”
While calling on President Bola Tinubu to intervene, Agwanwo said the Court of Appeal should reverse the ruling, insisting that failure to do so would result in the union withdrawing members’ services.
Fairview Africa had earlier reported that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, stopped the release of federal monthly allocations from the consolidated funds to the Rivers State government.
The judgment was delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, she specifically restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from allowing the state to draw funds from the consolidated revenue account.
