Crisis Hits C’ River NLC …As Members Call For Poll Cancellation

Affiliate unions of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have rejected the congress election that was held last week and called for outright cancellation of the exercise.
The groups’ led by the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers in the state, Comrade Eyo NsaItam, told newsmen that the elections cannot stand the test of time because of irregularities that dogged the exercise.
He alleged that the elections were fraught by irregularities and failed to meet the basic tenets of a free and fair exercise, adding that the irregularities including votes exceeding the number of accredited voters.
“The venue of the exercise was not made known to delegates in time and unaccredited unions and persons participated in the exercise.
“The total number of votes cast was far beyond the total number of accredited delegates. By our statistics, the total number of accredited delegates for the Congress was 398.
“Out of this (398), 28 delegates left due to delays without voting thus reducing the total number of votes expected to be cast to about 376.
“However, at the end of the elections, it was discovered that from the chairman to the state ex-officio, it was discovered that the total votes cast was more than the number of accredited delegates.
“For instance, for the chairman, 408 votes were what was recorded and out of that, the total number of delegates would have been 376 that voted and you can see the margin,” he said