The minister of labour and employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has hit back at the Nigeria Labour Congress even as he explained the reason he was absent at the Workers’ Day celebration held in Abuja.
NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabara poured vitriolic invectives on Ngige at the event saying the minister stayed away to avoid being subject of workers’ vitriol.
Reacting, Ngige who was represented by the minister of state Prof. Stephen Ocheni at the occasion in a statement from the ministry hit back at Wabara and explained reason he was not in attendance.
According to him, “Contrary to uncivilized attitude and barfaced lies contained in the address of the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, I wish to state for the avoidance of doubt that the Hon. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige was absent at today’s Worker’s Day rally for reasons of ill health.
“The Minister has been down with flu since last Sunday. He met his doctors last Monday and has since been at home recuperating.”
