FG dares Labour
FG dares Labour not to Challenge Constituted Authority
The Honourable Minster
of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has affirmed that no
worker can challenge the appointing authority of the President as
it is within his constitutional right to do so
The Minister made this
assertion recently in Abuja when he received the report of the
committee set up to address the issue of protests by some staff of
Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) over the re-appointment of Prof.
Eli Jidere Bala as the Director General.
According to him, “the
appointment of Prof. Bala is the decision of the President. He can
also by the same constitutional power appoint Ambassadors and High
Commissioners, Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
amongst others.”
He emphasized that the
Constitution is the grand norm on which Mr President’s power to
appoint is predicated; therefore Civil Servants are expected to
give such appointees the deserved acceptance and
respect.
Speaking further, Ngige
stated that the implementation of the report would restore peace to
the Energy Commission of Nigeria. “I have glanced through the
executive summary of the report and it is my desire that the
implementation will bring total peace to the Commission”, he
said.
Speaking earlier, the
chairman of the committee, Mr. Udoh Emmanuel, thanked the
Honourable Minister for the opportunity to serve the country in
this capacity. He opined that the report would serve the desired
purpose of restoring peace and harmony to the
Commission.