Don’t see 2015 elections as do or die, TUC tells INEC, politicians
(Nigeria) The Rivers council of the Trade Union Congress of
Nigeria, TUC, has called on politicians in the country to not to see the 2015
elections as a do or die affair.
The state TUC Chairman, Mr Chika Onuegbu, made the call in his
New Year message in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
Onuegbu urged the Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, to ensure a level playing field for all candidates and political parties
in the electoral process.
He said Nigerian workers and their families usually bear the
greater portion of the consequences of any political miscalculation.
``It is important that we express our deep worries at recent
events in our polity as the general elections draw nearer and nearer,’’ he
said.
The chairman urged Nigerians to shun acts of violence
because ``it diminishes our democratic culture and whittles down the remaining
collective respect we have as a people and as a nation’’.
According to him, security agencies should be alert at all
times to ensure that adequate security is provided for all irrespective of
their positions, to guarantee safe environment for the elections to take place
peacefully.
On workers welfare, Onuegbu urged all stakeholders in the
industrial relations sector to give more time to social dialogue.
He said such dialogue should be guided by the principles of
natural justice, equity and respect for human dignity, extant labour laws in
their approach to labour and industrial relations.
He said the congress would improve on its relationship with
its national body, sister councils in the Niger Delta and the Nigeria Labour
Congress in 2015.
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