Trade unions threaten action over Rivers state curfew The Rivers State Chapter of the National League for Trade Unions (NLC), the National ...

 Trade unions threaten action over Rivers state curfew

The Rivers State Chapter

of the National League for Trade Unions (NLC), the National Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the National Confederation of Trade Unions (JNC) have threatened action if the Nigerian government does not lift the curfew in Rivers State.

The leaders of the unions in the state have expressed concern over the impact of the curfew on the state’s economy and its apparent inefficiency.

The move has led to the non-payment of salaries to local government workers in the state, they said.

The workers said the suspension of elected officials in the state government and the non-payment of salaries to workers are human rights violations that could exacerbate the security and economic crisis in the state.

The statement signed by the unions called on the Nigerian President, the National Assembly and the judiciary to take immediate steps to lift the curfew and reinstate the state governor, his deputy and the members of the state assembly.

If this is not done soon, they say, they will take measures that could affect the entire national economy.