Business and economic activities have come to a halt in Imo State
as commercial banks in the state on Wednesday joined the 5-day warning
strike embarked upon by labour unions over several months of unpaid
salaries by Governor Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress
(APC).
Customers were seen stranded as they were unable to perform their transactions. A bank customer, Pascal Nzereogu who spoke to POST Nigeria, said the various banks were under lock and key in solidarity with the labour union that had embarked on the strike action.
"The banks might have decided to join the warning strike in solidarity with the labour union who had down tooled since Monday over unpaid salaries," Pascal stated.
The meeting between Okorocha, and the labour unions in Imo State had ended in deadlock as the unions directed all their workers to begin a 'warning strike' through a joint statement.
The joint statement was issued in Owerri, recently and signed by the Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Dr. Hycinth Emele, and Secretary, Duruegwu Kyrian, President of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and Secretary, E N. Iwuji Ambrose Onuoha.
The others are the Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Austin Chilakpu, Chairman, Joint Health Workers Union (JUHUSU) Nzenwata Francis and Secretary, Ikedi Onah, Chairman of ANGNDP, Dr. D. C. A. Akaogwu, and Assistant Secretary, Dr. Emeka Okereke.
NMA Chairman, Emele, had told journalists that the association joined the organised labour because the Governor failed to recognise the association even as he regretted the state government’s unfriendly treatment of workers.
“Some people are wondering why NMA joined the organised labour. The governor is not recognising the NMA. Many of our colleagues, medical doctors, are not paid,” he said.
At as press time, meetings among stakeholders were still ongoing to resolve the matter.
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