Rivers NLC Threaten Big Strike if Allocation Stop

Rivers State NLC don yarn say if FG go stop their allocation payment, wahala go burst well-well. NLC chair, Alex Agwanwo, yarn dis strong tori after emergency meeting wey dem gather labour leaders for di state. E talk say, di kain ruling wey Federal High Court don give dey show say di Rivers government allocation fit stop, but workers no go gree dat kain mata.

Dis whole drama start as Justice Joyce Abdulmaliki for Abuja Court yan say di Rivers government under Governor Siminalayi Fubara no dey do di budget work correctly. She talk say di governor present di 2024 budget with only four members for di House of Assembly, wey dem suppose get plenty people. Na why she call di budget “illegitimate” and make CBN no release money again go di state government. Dis news in Nigerian Pidgin go shock you well-well!

NLC people for Rivers don para say dis kind ruling na wahala for workers, say as e be like dis, dem fit no receive salary if di ruling go ahead. Agwanwo talk say di judge no even look di people wey go suffer, workers wey no do anything wrong. If FG gree follow dis court order, na shutdown be di only answer, according to NLC.

E talk say di judge no get ‘human face’ because she no remember say na poor people go suffer pass if state no see allocation money. Na true talk, if di state no fit pay salary, wetin workers go chop? Dem go just dey work for free? Alex Agwanwo say no way! Na shutdown be di final decision if FG go gree for di court order.

Meanwhile, former Anambra governor, Peter Obi don enter dis matter too. E yan for social media say di whole situation dey painful because e go affect di common man wey no get plenty. Obi talk say di wahala fit push people into more suffer, and na wetin FG need to think well about. Di man still yarn say dis judgment get one kain “troubling development” wey go impact di state civil servants, health workers, and even school teachers wey no do anybody anything.

Obi follow talk say pensioners and other people wey already dey struggle go see double trouble if Rivers allocation cut. “You go imagine how di pensioner go survive with small money wey dem dey collect already,” e talk am. Na di truth e dey talk because dis kain ruling fit scatter things for di whole state. If salary no come, di wahala go pass ordinary hand.

Di Rivers State NLC don beg President Bola Tinubu say make e no let di judgment carry weight. Dem still talk say make Court of Appeal do di needful by cancel di ruling. Di NLC believe say to stop allocation for any state na like say you dey scatter di government work. Dem talk say di state go enter serious gobe without money, because to run government dey need cash.

One of di big tori wey de make Rivers NLC para be say dem no dey understand why di ruling go dey against di people wey go suffer pass – di workers. Di state NLC don para because di federal ruling fit put di state government under heavy gbese. Obi even suggest say di ruling no suppose dey, as e fit add more hardship wey people dey face everyday. “We suppose get leaders wey care about di poor,” Obi yarn.

As people dey talk di matter for social media, na so we dey see different reaction. One kain social media user talk say FG no suppose dey stop di allocation just like dat, especially as dem dey collect oil from di state. Some even talk say di governor of Rivers fit get more gbege with di FG and other leaders if di matter no clear.

Di wahala go deep, because some people feel say na di judiciary dey too harsh for dis one. Di whole Rivers allocation case dey show say FG and state government fit get big problem if di allocation no dey stable. Some Rivers people talk say make dem do everything possible to fix dis wahala sharp-sharp, so di whole state no go enter serious gbege.

Dis kain tori go make you see say plenty people dey vex say di FG dey tamper with state money anyhow. Di allocation dey like di main bloodline wey di state dey use manage di government and people well-being. Di NLC people yarn say dem dey para because dis matter dey affect ordinary man wey no do anybody anything, just wan survive.

If di ruling stand, people go dey suffer because no be everybody fit waka go meet government for Abuja make dem explain. Na wetin NLC dey shout be dat, say make di ruling no go on because e fit bring suffer for Rivers people wey dey hope on di small salary to survive.