By Motolani AbdulGafar
To reduce cases of marital conflict, transport expenses, accommodation, among others, the chairman of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ejigbo LCDA, Comrade Sadiq Lawal, said the body ensures that workers are not transferred to local government areas far from their homes.
According to him, the Union was able to convince the Local Government Service Commission to always consider the convenience of the workers when transferring them from one local council to another.
Lawal said there were many cases of marital conflicts when workers were transferred far away from their homes, which prompted the Union to approach the Commission for consideration of workers’ residence when reposting them.
He stated that the Union usually follows up the transfer of the workers to make sure they are not posted far from their homes considering their new home addresses after relocation.
On the issue of transportation, he confirmed that the chairman of Ejigbo LCDA, Hon. Monsurudeen Bello Obe, during his first tenure, provided private owned cars to all Heads of Units and Heads of Department for easy movement.
Explaining the achievements of the Union in the last six years he has been in office, Lawal explained that the Union has built an N6 million local government NULGE office independently, and provided relief packages to retirees of the council.
On welfare, Lawal said the Union provided equipment such as grinding machines, photocopy machines, and the like to retirees who have the physical ability to work rather than becoming helpless and cashless when they retire.
He appreciated the efforts of the former chairman of Ejigbo LCDA, Hon. Kehinde Bamigbetan, for introducing a quick loan scheme with zero per cent interest to the union, saying the scheme is being sustained to date.
