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*Senator Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, the non-distinct anti-work glassol: a betrayal of the principles of work and a distortion of consolidated laws
The Union of Nigeria di Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (Nupeng) has noticed the recent comments made by Senator Adams Oshiomhole with deep dismay on national TV, which constitute a fixed assault on the fundamental rights of Nigerian workers and a gross distortion of the laws established.
We witness with total disappointment of a former Labor leader now transformed into a vocal supporter for the corporate oppression, making an active campaign against the rights themselves that once supported.
His attempts to rationalize the victimization of workers for the exercise of their fundamental association rights and a peaceful action are not only nauseating, but represent a false declaration of the conventions of the Nigerian labor law and the international work organization (ILO).
Firstly, it is the peak of the irony that we are forced to ask us whether the description of the senator Oshiomhole presumably by the former president Ollusgun Obasanjo, at a dinner organized by the Labor Nigeria congress during one of his delegates as “a partner in the morning and a politician at night”. If the description of the former Obasanjo president of Senator Oshiomhole is true, we are forced to ask if such a person qualifies to keep lessons on anyone on strategy and/or morality.
In fact, as a person who once advised the alleged corrupt politicians to join the APC would do to forgive their sins to have the Effrontory to follow morality. He also speaks of volumes to the character of Senator Oshiomhole who claims that he falsely renounced his position as a general secretary of the National Union of Textile, garment and suitable workers of Nigeria (Nutgratwn) after having become president of the NLC.
It is beyond the dispute that Adams Oshiomhole has maintained the positions of the President of the NLC and Secretary General of Nutgwn since 1999-2007 and has not given up on the position of the Secretary General until 2008, a whole year after leaving the presidency of the NLC.
Is this incontrovertible fact a testimony of the rooted lust of the senator for power, money and business? There seems to be a pathological tendency by the Senator to rewrite the story based on his current reactionary defense for inconceivable capitalists who are not ready to welcome the unions, preferably for the work of slaves.
We are forced to ask ourselves further if, in fact, Senator Oshiomhole deserves the selfish and non -creative title of “distinct” with which the senators turn to themselves.
The current posture of Senator Oshiomhole is not that of a pragmatic converted; It is the practitioner of an apostate, drunk by the opium of power and supplied in betraying the cause of oppressed Nigerian workers.
Adams Oshiomhole began the interview by admitting his lack of full knowledge of the matter, as if powerful forces outside his control insisted on the fact that it was the most suitable to do the dirty work of denouncing the Pengassan strike for the freedom of association.
However, at 73, the senator, in the most indistinct character, chosen chosen to oppose workers, relying exclusively on un verified statements, a position that is both reckless and deeply reprehensible.
For clarity, we reiterate the unequivocal provisions of the law:
• Section 40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as modified) guarantees each person, which means citizens and foreigners (not only citizens) in Nigeria, the right to freedom of association and assembly.
• Section 9 (6) of the Labor Act, Cap L1, LFN 2004 expressly prohibits any contract that tries to exclude a worker from belonging to the union.
• Ilo Convention 87 (Freedom of Association) and Convention 98 (right to collective bargaining), both ratified by Nigeria, say that workers have the right to train and join the unions of their choice without interference for bargaining purposes. The mass dismissal of workers for trade unionization is a clear violation of these fundamental international standards, which have become constitutional provisions by virtue of section 254C (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution.
Contrary to the non -distinct assertions of Senator Adams Oshiomhole, an employer does not have the right to interfere with the freedom of association of an employee; This right lies only with the worker. The laws on Nigerian work explicitly protect the right of a worker not to belong to a union, requesting only a formal written notice of retreat. Therefore, neither the employer nor his apogetes play any legitimate role in this process.
The not distinct suggestion of a “moratorium on the Union” of Adams Oshiomhole is an absurd and archaic proposal, supporting a regression to an unknown phase in human history that has not placed in a modern democratic society.
Should he please declare the sections of the law or the law on trade unions or any other law for that matter in which such a slave provision or is in an imminent book, not yet unpublished on trade unionism by some “daytime and nightmares and politicians”?
Adams Oshiomhole’s criticism at the Pengassan strike is an act of profound historical revisionism and political amnesia.
• Section 31 of the Trade Unions Act, Cap T14, LFN 2004 legally recognizes commercial disputes, including industrial actions taken by workers in sympathy with another group. Pengassan’s solidarity action with their members in the dance refinery is therefore a protected legal action.
• The principle according to which “an injury to one is an accident to all” is the fundamental ethics of unionism globally. For some un district senators, finding this uncomfortable principle now reveals only a class -conscious trade of consciousness once declared for a place among the oppressors. The alarming rhetoric of Senator Oshiomhole on “damaging the broadest economy” is the same tired argument used by any anti-work entity against which he once fought. It was a valid tactic when he guided numerous strikes as president of the NLC; It remains valid today.
Incredibly, this was a man who served several times in the Government Council of Ilo and in the Commission for the application of standards that receives relationships on workers’ rights violations all over the world. It is a pity that Senator Adams Oshiomhole has, with his comments, has shown a monumental ignorance of unionism. The unit shown by the members of Pengassan and the solidarity they have received (and continue to receive from other unions, at national and international level), are the twin pillars on which the worker movement is built.
Reuben Abati was in fact correct when he asked him for his clothes and the place where “he wore Aluta Wears”. Are we forced to ask ourselves if, in fact, those raw clothing have been exchanged for a long time during what the former Obasanjo president presumably calls agreements “companion in the morning and politicians at night”?
We are forced to invite readers to read a 1998 book written on the history of the leadership of Mr. Adams Oshiomhole on the union of textile workers. That book is entitled “Nigerian textile industry: reggisio-laber and adaptation” written by Andrae and Beckman. Page 247 is of particular interest. The book is available online at https://ivavallleybooks.com/2025/06/16/union-power-in-the-nigerian-texile- Industry Labor-regime-and-Adrae-and-Backman-1998/
In conclusion, Nupeng’s leadership declares Senator Adams Oshiomhole not grateful in the ranks of the workers of oil and Nigerian oil and gas for the non -distinct denunciation of the Pengassan strike against the unjustifiable bag of 800 engineers as punishment to exercise the fundamental right of the union.
The practical effect of our oshiomhole declaration senator not grateful in the ranks of oil and gas workers in Nigeria is that from then on we do not participate or lend the legitimacy in any event with Senator Oshiomhole. The organizations of the NLC, TUC and conscious civil society should kindly notice.
The denunciation and insensitivity of Oshiomhole to the difficult situation of 800 engineers and the resistance to unionism in the oil and gas sector are a dangerous toxin designed to weaken the determination of the working class and strengthen the enemy of the class.
Nupeng is inhaternly with Pengassan and the over 800 unjustly dismissed workers. We will continue to distribute all the legal and industrial tools available, in full compliance with the Nigerian law and global work standards, to guarantee justice.
Adams oshiomhole’s un distinct position on the Pengassan strike qualifies it as the Judas Iscariot of Nigerian trade unionism. What a monumental betrayal of the cause of the working class! We recommend to Senator Adams Oshiomhole to retire from commenting on the issues of the work, since he has irreparably lost moral law and legitimacy before Nigerian workers, in particular to oil and gas workers.
Solidarity forever!
Our solidarity remains constant for the union makes us strong!
For: Unione Nigeria di Oil and Natural Gas
Temporary Williams Akporeha Comrade Afolabi Olawale
General Secretary of the National President
