Wike considers amnesty for repentant cultists, others
Nyesom Wike
Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom
Wike, has said that the state was working out amnesty for criminals and
cultists who lay down their arms and embrace peace.
Wike made this remark on Thursday while
speaking with the National Administrative Council of the National Union
of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers led by its President, Mr. Igwe
Achese at the Government House, Port Harcourt.
The governor assured that the state
government was working with relevant security agencies to ensure that
Rivers State remained safe for investors, adding that strategies had
been put in place to root out criminals from the state.
This is just as the governor urged
labour unions to use strike as the last option in trade disputes to stem
the tide of development challenges witnessed as a result of the
frequent industrial actions.
Wike also declared that the state
government would collaborate with NUPENG as it developed a Tankers
Village at Eleme with a view to taking tankers off the highways and
generating revenue.
The governor expressed the belief that
workers should be allowed to unionise so that companies and
organisations would be encouraged to always consider their welfare.
A statement signed by his Special
Assistant on Electronic Media, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, read, “I believe
that strikes should serve as a last option for unions during trade
disputes. The strikes in Nigeria are getting too many and efforts should
be targeted at reducing them.”
Wike commended the leaders of NUPENG
for calling off their strike following his intervention, noting that the
state government had already called on oil companies to reciprocate by
recalling the sacked workers.
The governor urged unions to always
work towards the development of money-spinning ventures in order to
reduce their dependence on check-off dues for survival.
Expressing happiness that NUPENG was
developing a tankers village/tank farm in Rivers State, Wike directed
the State Commissioner for Energy and the Special Adviser on Lands to
work with the union to bring the project to fruition and ensure the
release of the certificate of occupancy for the project site.
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