Leadership of National Union of Agriculture and Allied Employees (NUAAE) has distanced itself from the court case between the union and Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Just as it explained that the court case was embarked upon by the President over the union elective positions sharing formula without prior knowledge of the entire members of the union.
It however tied the root cause of the internal wrangling within the union to a leadership issue whereby the President tried to come out with a new executive for the union without following due process.
In a chat with LEADERSHIP Weekend, NUAAE National Treasurer, Comrade Obafemi Oyenubi reiterated that the root of the in-house problem is that Comrade Simon Anchaver whose tenure expired as President few days ago is still indirectly struggling to organise a new set of leadership for the union contrary to the law governing the union.
According to Oyenubi, the union was against the court case because the President went to court without the permission of NUAAE because “we believe before an issue that has to do with union go to court, it must pass through the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union.
“There was no time the issue of taking the Ministry of Labour and Employment to the National Industrial Court was discussed in NEC and there is no reason to do that because the Ministry has been neutral in their deals with our union.
“Rather we learnt that the former National President took the ministry to court because of a letter they wrote to the union.
“But he has no right to sue anybody or organisation, on behalf of the union because his tenure ended on 16 of January 2024”
