ORIZU REPLACES NNUBIA AS ANAMBRA NLC CHAIRMAN
REPORTER: UCHE NDEKE
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed hope that the incoming administration in Anambra State will address all unresolved issues bothering on welfare of workers in the state.
The new chairman of NLC in the state, Comrade Chinwe Orizu, stated this shortly after taking over from Comrade Jerry Nnubia, who recently retired from civil service.
According to Comrade Orizu, though the workers in the state employ have had a harmonious relationship with the Willie Obiano led administration, which transforms into prompt payment of salary as at when due, there is high hope that the incoming administration will prioritize the welfare of civil servants for optimal performance.
She eulogized her predecessor for piloting the affairs of the congress with every sense of humility, transparency and cordial relationship with government.
The new NLC Chairman said the state executive would continue to tackle issues concerning the welfare and renumeration of all workers in the state.
“I will run an all inclusive government and will dedicate my leadership to the welfare of workers in the state. I thank our senior Citizen, Comrade Jerry Nnubia, for his peaceful leadership style while he held sway.
“The shoes he is leaving behind is a big one but I promise to do my best not to disappoint him and the entire workforce,” she remarked.
Earlier, the former NLC State Chairman, Comrade Jerry Nnubia, encouraged the labour leaders to remain peaceful and resolute in the struggle for workers’ wellbeing and also to embrace dialogue at every given time in resolving any matter that confronted them.
He expressed the confidence that the new Chairman, whose emergence was rectified by the State Executive Council (SEC) in line with the constitution of the NLC.
“As we all know, my second tenure is billed to end by 2023 but because I have retired after thirty-five years, the NLC constitution provides that I hand over to one of my Vice Chairmen and that is what we have done, hand over to Comrade Chinwe Orizu who will be in charge until the end of the present tenure in 2023 when a fresh Delegate conference would be held to elect new leaders,” Comrade Nnubia explained
In a remark, the Vice President, Radio, Television, Theater, and Arts Workers Union leaders (RATTAWU) South East zone, Prince Emeka Kalu, thanked the out gone Chairman for following laid down constitutional guideline upon his retirement from service and for ensuring industrial harmony between the organized labour and the present administration in the state through the support of the state Head of Service .
Prince Kalu, who is also the Assistant Secretary of NLC in Anambra State, appealed to the workers and state government to give the new leadership all support and cooperation that would enable them function effectively.
The handover ceremony was witnessed by some Chairmen and tepresentatives of various workers unions affiliated to the Nigeria Labour Congress in the state.