May Day: Akwa Ibom NLC begs Gov Eno for ICT centre, injection of more funds into primary schools

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Akwa Ibom State Chapter, has appealed to the governor, Pastor Umo Eno, to guarantee the operation and equipping of an Information and Communications Technology, ICT, centre successful the state.

It besides urged the politician to inject much funds into the superior acquisition assemblage to guarantee that the outgo of pensions and gratuities of retired teachers is astatine par with their counterparts successful different sectors.

Chairperson of the NLC successful Akwa Ibom, Comrade Sunny James, made the entreaty successful his remarks during the 2026 Workers’ Day solemnisation held astatine Uyo Township Stadium connected Friday.

James recalled that the entreaty for an ICT venue was made to the past politician successful 2022, expressing anticipation that the renewed telephone would output a affirmative effect and springiness workers successful the authorities the accidental to beryllium machine literate.

He assured the politician that each workers, starting from the bureau of the caput of work and different MDAs, would beryllium trained astatine the venue successful batches astatine a minimal cost, portion besides calling for the afloat employment of casual workers crossed the MDAs.

“We entreaty to the politician to springiness america an ICT venue. This centre volition springiness our workers who bash not cognize what a keyboard is the accidental to larn astatine a precise inexpensive rate.

“We impulse the politician to inject much wealth into the superior educa...