May Day: Enugu workers hail Ugwuanyi

Workers of Enugu State have commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his commitment to their well-being and other developmental projects in the state which have impacted positively on the lives of the people.

The workers made the commendation during a rally at Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, while commemorating this year’s May Day, which was attended by the governor and other top government functionaries in the state.
In their separate addresses, the state chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Virginus Nwobodo, and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Comrade Igbokwe Igbokwe applauded the governor for his “dynamic leadership in promoting a government-labour relationship in the state, adding that the gesture has “created a peaceful industrial atmosphere in Enugu State.”
They both said that Ugwuanyi’s administration as a labour friendly government had within one year in office recorded milestone achievements through the payment of 30 per cent equity for the cost of 100 housing units for junior workers, regular payment of workers’ salaries on or before every 25th of the month, on-going massive roads construction across the state, transparent disbursement of the N4.207billion bailout fund for the liquidation of arrears of salaries and pensions of public servants of the state, training and retraining of civil servants, donation of two buses to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress,TUC, among others.
In his response, Governor Ugwuanyi expressed his administration’s solidarity with the workers and assured them of his commitment to their welfare and execution of people-oriented programmes and policies that would improve their lives.