TRADES UNION SUES FOR PEACE BETWEEN LAGOS AND ANAMBRA STATE

Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday called on both Lagos
State Government and its Anambra State counterpart, not to allow the
purported "deportation"of some Indigene of
Anambra State to degenerate
into a crisis, especially now that the political terrain was charged.
TUC in a statement by its President and Secretary General, Bobboi
Kaigama and Musa Lawal, respectively, said it was concerned by the
daily reports in national dailies on the issue.
According to the statement, "the reason why we make this case is that
all Nigerians irrespective of state of origin have the right to live
wherever they feel provided they do not break the statutory law of the
land. As has been the case, there is hardly any part of the world
where you do not have people from different tribes, states and
countries livingtogether. Migration did not start today and it may
never end.
"Already, many people are raising eye-brows over the 'deportation'.
For them no matter what Lagos State government calls it -whether
integration, relocation, repatriation or 'deportation', the fact
remains that every Nigerian be it Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa has the
constitutional right to live anywhere in the country.
"The Congress is of the opinion that governor Babatunde Fashola and
Governor Peter Obi should shun insinuations from their supporters,
come together as brothers and colleagues to see how the issue can be
amicably resolved.