Festus Osifo, president of the Trade Union Congress (TUC),
says Adams Oshiomhole does not have enough information on the ongoing strike
called by organised labour.
Speaking in an interview on Channels Television on
Wednesday, Osifo said Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo north, commented
on the strike based on information passed from the presidential villa.
On Tuesday, the former Edo governor, while addressing
journalists at the presidential villa, said the ongoing strike is politically
motivated.
Oshiomhole, a former president of the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC), asked organised labour to prioritise the rights of workers
rather than engage in politics.
NATIONWIDE STRIKE
Recently, the NLC and TUC said they were embarking on the
nationwide strike to protest the alleged assault of Joe Ajaero, president of
the NLC, in Imo state.
The strike commenced at midnight on November 14.
On Tuesday, there was partial compliance to the strike
across the country.
The federal government had faulted the decision of the
unions to embark on the strike.
‘OSHIOMHOLE IS BUSY
WITH NATIONAL POLITICS’
During the interview, Osifo said Oshiomhole is busy with
national politics, adding that the former NLC president should have reached out
to union leaders for facts.
The TUC president said Ajaero did not travel to Imo state on
November 1 to entertain political issues.
“Our senior comrade, Adams Oshiomhole, is giving opinion
based on the information he has,” he said.
“Today, he is a senator who is busy with national politics.
I think he does not have sufficient information, maybe later we will give him
as much information as possible, once he reaches out.
“He went to the villa to meet with them. That is the
information that was given to him in the villa. Has he spoken to Joe Ajaero and
senior labour leaders in the country to have their opinion?
“Maybe the
information he (Oshiomhole) got from the villa was that he (Ajaero) went there
to play politics.
“But I will tell him clearly that was not the case.”
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