November 6, 2024

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CLO Okays NLC Strike, Hails Bayelsa Gov On Projects

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Members of the Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, in Bayelsa State ended their meeting in Yenagoa with a decision to support the Nigeria Labour Congress over its industrial action which kick-started across the country on Monday.

The organization also hailed the governor of the state, Senator Douye Diri for what they called the infrastructural development in the state, especially in the area of roads construction in all the three senatorial districts.

The meeting was attended by critical advocates in the human rights community in the state. At the meeting, they reviewed the security situation in the state and expressed concerns over rising insecurity in the state.

Their communique which was jointly signed by Joshua Amangala, the acting state chairman

and Comrade Timi Igoli, the state secretary, among others, reads in part: “CLO commends the Bayelsa State Government for its infrastructural development especially on road construction across the three Senatorial Districts and prompt payment of workers’ salaries.

“CLO is alarmed at the spate of Human Rights violations and abuses and observed with dismay that the issue of extrajudicial killings in the state is resurfacing reminiscent of the ugly days of Operation Famou – Tamgbe which CLO resisted some years back. CLO will not sit back and watch but will resort to all possible legitimate actions with a view to ensure that justice is served in the interest of humanity.

“The Branch urges the State Government to prioritise the improvement of; educational facilities, science oriented manpower development, health care services, pipe borne water and electrification of our communities to make the life of rural dwellers meaningful across the state in its second term mandate.

“CLO call on governments at all levels to initiate policies and programmes that are home grown and have human face to lift Nigerians out of the present excruciating economic condition. While we concede that the re-introduction of the old National Anthem was part of the resolutions of the 2014 National Confab, we are of the firm view that the effective and religious implementation of all the resolutions in the 2014 Confab report would go a long way in resolving the numerous socio – economic and constitutional challenges plaguing the Nigerian Federation and not the replacement of the over four decades familiar National Anthem with the collapsed  colonial era imposed Nigerian National Anthem.

“The Branch bemoaned the worrying state of insecurity, worsening socio-economic conditions, collapse of cohesive social fabric and increase in ethnic tensions across the Nigerian State. While urging governments at all levels to be more alive to the constitutional responsibilities, we strongly recommend that the time is ripe for the reconfiguration of the Nigerian Federation and implementation of all the recommendations of the constitutional conferences.

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