PDP Carpets Imo Govt Over Blackout, Attacks On Workers In Imo

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has taken a swipe at the administration of Governor Hope Uzodinma, regretting that within the last two months, Imo State had been shut down twice.

This was contained in a release issued by the state publicity secretary,  Hon Collins Opurozor, made available to LEADERSHIP in Owerri.

The  statement came a few days after the face-off between the  state government and the NLC  left the entire state in a blackout, with many passengers stranded at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport.

The PDP statement reads,” Within the last two months, Imo State has been shut down twice. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) with other affiliate unions in the State have twice embarked on strikes. Aviation operations have been grounded twice. The electricity supply to Imo has been cut off twice.

“Also, financial institutions have halted all activities twice, thereby crippling the economy of the State. As we gather here, Imo is in total blackout. All businesses have been strangulated. Imo has become a pariah state, cut off from the rest of Nigeria. This is catastrophic!

“All of these have happened because of the satanic ambition of the government of Senator Hope Uzodinma to cow, muzzle, hijack and destroy the Organized Labour in the State to implement his scorch-earth policy of beating Imo workers and pensioners into submission by starving them of their salaries and pensions and all other sources of livelihood.

“As we speak, eleven thousand (11,000) authentic Imo workers have been stigmatized as ghost workers and they are owed twenty months salary arrears. These were people verified by the past administration of the PDP, and not a dime was owed to anyone by our government. A taboo is going on in Imo State.

“Worse still, ten thousand (10,000) real Imo pensioners have also been classified as ghost pensioners, and the government has refused to pay them for twenty-two (22) months.”

According to PDP, this wicked act has led to the death of many of these senior citizens who served our state with their intellect, their skills and the brawn of their youth.”