AWKA—LABOUR leaders in Anambra State, yesterday, flogged senior civil servants out of their offices for violating the one-week warning strike declared by labour unions over the new N18,000 minimum wage.
They also chased away members of the tribunals handling election petition matters and forced the state radio station, which was on air, to close down.
Labour embarked on the warning strike, Monday, following what its leaders described as the state government’s foot-dragging on the implementation of the minimum wage.
At the state secretariat, yesterday, commissioners and permanent secretaries, who were already in their offices, had to scamper for safety when they learnt that the enforcement team of labour was going round offices with whips and flogging those seen in their offices.
At the state broadcasting service, they stopped the senior staff from providing skeletal services and all those who were at their duty posts were chased away. A director who resisted the order was severely flogged on his back in the presence of his subordinates.
Though members of the two election petition tribunals sitting at the premises of the High Court complex were already set to begin the day’s business, the labour enforcement team ordered everybody out and locked the gates.
Some of the litigants had to plead with the team to allow the tribunals to sit because of the time frame of the tribunals. After a long discussion, labour agreed that the tribunals should start sitting from today because of the essential nature of their assignment.
The labour leaders, however, had it rough with some junior civil servants who insisted on not participating in the strike because their interests were adequately protected by the implementation chart recently released by the state government.
Judiciary workers, who recently resumed work after six months of strike, also resisted the labour leaders. Their argument was that labour never cared to intervene on their behalf while the strike lasted, adding that they were tired of staying at home.
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Labour embarked on the warning strike, Monday, following what its leaders described as the state government’s foot-dragging on the implementation of the minimum wage.
At the state secretariat, yesterday, commissioners and permanent secretaries, who were already in their offices, had to scamper for safety when they learnt that the enforcement team of labour was going round offices with whips and flogging those seen in their offices.
At the state broadcasting service, they stopped the senior staff from providing skeletal services and all those who were at their duty posts were chased away. A director who resisted the order was severely flogged on his back in the presence of his subordinates.
Though members of the two election petition tribunals sitting at the premises of the High Court complex were already set to begin the day’s business, the labour enforcement team ordered everybody out and locked the gates.
Some of the litigants had to plead with the team to allow the tribunals to sit because of the time frame of the tribunals. After a long discussion, labour agreed that the tribunals should start sitting from today because of the essential nature of their assignment.
The labour leaders, however, had it rough with some junior civil servants who insisted on not participating in the strike because their interests were adequately protected by the implementation chart recently released by the state government.
Judiciary workers, who recently resumed work after six months of strike, also resisted the labour leaders. Their argument was that labour never cared to intervene on their behalf while the strike lasted, adding that they were tired of staying at home.
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