The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero has slammed state governors.
He alleged that some state governors live permanently in Abuja.
Ajaero stated this while stating that no governor has powers to ban labour unions.
Ajaero has insisted that union practice falls under the executive legislative list in the Constitution.
This is just as he lamented that most governors are now living permanently in Abuja at the detriment of their states.
Ajaero was reacting to the proscription of labour unions in state-owned tertiary institutions by former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, at a town hall meeting with workers at the NLC Secretariat, Lokoja, the state capital.
He said, “Let me say here, union practice falls under the exclusive legislative list in the Constitution. No governor has the power to ban them, you don’t ban what you don’t have control over.
“Unions are registered nationally by the Registrar of Trade Unions. For administrative convenience, they may choose to have branches in states, so what are you now banning?”
The NLC president, who expressed surprise that such a thing exists in the state, said the state government lacked the right to proscribe unions under the exclusive legislative list.
