Ebonyi State Government has reported the Chairman of theEnugu Statechapter of the Nigeria LabourCongress (NLC), Comrade Virginus Nwaobodo,to the national leadership of congress in Abuja.

In a letter written to the national body and signed by the SA to the Governor on Labour Relations, Mrs. Grace Chukwu, the government flayed the unwarranted attack on Governor DavidUmahi by Nwobodo, saying it was capable of causing industrial disharmony between the government andits workersover the state’s new pension scheme.

The letter dated April 5 and addressed to the NLC General Secretary which wasmade available to some Journalists in Abakalikion Thursday,said Nwobodo,who claimed to have represented the Zonal Chairman ofthe NLC (South East), Comrade Uchenna Obigwe, on a fact-finding mission over the contributory pension scheme should be called to order.

The letter reads in part: “Comrade Virginus Nwobodo who claimed in a newspaper publicationto be on trouble-shooting mission to Ebonyi State opted to make false allegation against Governor Engr. (Chief) DavidNweze Umahiand his administration over the issue of contributory pension scheme.

“ComradeNwaobodo showed open bias in his comments which are capable of causing disaffection between Government and its workers.”

Sheexpressed surprisethat Nwobodo, who is the Enugu State chairman of the NLC,did not consult her as a representative of government when he visited the state.

Chukwuwondered why somebody whocame to Ebonyi State to “broker peace between two parties met only one party and drew conclusions.

The SA to the governor called on the national President of NLC to warn the Enugu labour leader against any act that could bring division between Ebonyi State Government and its workers.

She said: “It is also regrettable that a man who came to mediate in an issue never bothered to meet with the second party to the dispute, which is Ebonyi State Government, represented by my office.

“It is a common practice that a man seeking to mediate in a crisis does not look for who is at fault but in gathering facts and brokering peace among the parties. ComradeNwaobodo abandoned this truism by choosing to toe the part of partiality.”

She said she was happy that Ebonyi workers were totally in support of the new pension scheme.

The Acting Chairman of the NLC in the state, Comrade Leonard Nkah, hadon Tuesdayraised the alarm over the action of the Enugu labour leader in an interview with journalists.