The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has asked the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to recall the sacked 344 lecturers of the State Polytechnic, Bori who were employed in September 2014 by his predecessor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi.
The organisation also criticised the disbandment of the Rivers State Road Traffic Management Authority, arguing that it was against the interest of justice and fair play.
“Disengaging 344 lecturers and other personnel in one fell swoop without sparing a thought about what would become of them and their dependants is very improper. It is our view that the governor should have a rethink and reverse that move,” TUC pleaded.
The TUC in a statement issued on Sunday by its President, Bala Kaigama, and Secretary General, Musa Lawal, argued that such an action would not be in tandem with what the nation in general and Rivers State in particular needed at the moment.
The organisation also expressed shock and disappointment at the news of the sack, especially because of the grave consequences it would have on the affected workers, their defendants and the society.
While linking Wike’s actions to the likely fallout of the political acrimony that traversed the period of the recent elections in the state, TUC opined that all such considerations ought to have gone with that period, adding, “right now, good governance should be the governor’s priority.”
TUC said, “If the reported cases of the mass sack of 344 lecturers and others employed at the Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori since September 2014 by the state’s immediate past administration led by Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi and the disbandment of the Rivers State Road Traffic Management Authority (TIMA-RIV) are anything to go by, then we might be tempted to believe that the new governor of the state, Barrister Nyesom Wike, is out to play a politics of vendetta.
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