The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ebonyi State on Thursday petitioned the federal government over alleged fraud and illegal selling of housing estates meant for workers to politicians by mortgage banks.
The NLC leadership and other affiliate unions staged a walkout from the commissioning of the housing estates project, located at Ugwuahara in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
The state chairman of NLC, Okechukwu Nwafor who protested the alleged fraud rocking the housing estates project, tasked Governor David Umahi to shun the commissioning, adding that, the sale of the housing estates to non-workers should be revised.
According to Nwafor: “Ebonyi State government has done well for the first time by donating land for the housing estates to be built for the workers. But for the housing estates to be built and sold to non-workers and indigenes who are not from Ebonyi state is unfortunate.
“Workers of Ebonyi State have been contributing through the national housing…
