The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Thursday, that there was no truth in claims that the it’s president Joe Ajero’s trip to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) held in Dubai, was sponsored by the FG.
There were speculations in the media that the FG had used the trip to Dubai to iron out his anger over the attack on him last October by security agents believed to be working for the Imo State government.
But NLC head of public affairs Benson Upah said in a statement that Ajero was in Dubai on the bill of the NLC.
“The badly cooked media propaganda tried to present the participation of the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, at the Conference of the Parties in Dubai as a gift from the government.
“The yellow light report dubbed the trip by the NLC president as compensation after he survived a barbaric assault at the hands of agents of the state in Imo State.
“Nothing can be farther from the truth. The NLC is participating in the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as part of the NLC’s commitment to defending workers’ interests concerning the impact of Climate Change on the livelihood of workers especially with regards to the Just Transition.
“The president’s trip and that of the NLC Focal Person on Climate Change, Comrade Eche Asuzu, was fully paid for by the NLC with NLC participating in the Conference of the Parties since 2009.”
