May Day celebration: Soludo gets tough demand from Anambra workers

  • The governor of Anambra state has been urged to improve the welfare condition of pensioners in the state
  • On the occasion of the May Day celebration, the Anambra state chapter of the NLC urged Governor Chukwuma Soludo to look into the case of the civil servants who have retired but are dying without receiving their gratuities
  • The state chairman of NLC, Emeka Nwafor, who made this appeal, further urged Soludo to implement the new retirement age for teachers as obtained in some other states

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Anambra state chapter, on Monday, May 1st, decried the condition of pensioners in the state, stating that many of them are dying without being paid their retirement benefits.

Legit.ng’s regional reporter in Anambra, Mokwugwo Solomon, reports that the appeal was made by the state chairman of NLC, Emeka Nwafor, in his address on the occasion of the workers’ celebration on Monday, May 1, at the Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, the Anambra state capital.