Gist just filtering in now has confirmed that the Nasarawa state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has impeached its embattled Chairman, Abdullahi Adeka.
According to the gist, it was confirmed by state chapter Secretary Ahmed Naibi, who disclosed that Adeka was removed for calling off the strike, immediately after he was reinstated.
The Secretary in a statement said that the “surprising action violated the resolutions reached at the NLC headquarters as a condition for his reinstatement. “In the meeting held at our national secretariat in Abuja on May 23, we all agreed that Adeka must sustain the strike. That was a condition for his reinstatement. We also agreed that his mother union, the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, and all other affiliates of the NLC, must join the strike to maximize its effect. But, instead of sustaining and widening the strike, Adeka announced its suspension, a day after he was reinstated”
Naibi in the statement declared that, by that action, Adeka had demonstrated that he was not a trustworthy leader. “We have resolved that he stands impeached. Bala Umaru, his deputy, is now the substantive Chairman of NLC in Nasarawa State,” he said that the strike action would continue and advised workers to await further directive from the new leadership.
Adeka was said to have suspended from office on May 21, when he suddenly declared an end to the strike without due consultation. He was reinstated on May 23, after the headquarters intervened, but went on air on May 24, to announce the end of the strike without consulting with other members of the executive council. The workers have been on strike since May 12, over the non-payment of their salaries.
