Nyako was a Despotic Leader, Says NLC Boss

Ex Governor of Adamawa State

The Adamawa State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr.  Dauda Maina,  has disclosed that the former administration  of Governor Murtala Nyako   brought pains and sufferings to civil servant in the state.

Maina, alongside other executives on the union who paid  Sallah homage to the acting governor, Alhaji Umaru Fintiri, at Government House, Yola, he said the coming of the acting governor had emancipated the civil servants from the despotic leadership of  the former Nyako administration that denied the civil servants their benefits.

He described Fintiri as a liberator  to the civil service and commended his recent appointment, saying that the appointments in the state was done without prejudice.

Maina explained that unlike the former administration of Nyako where appointments were done based on sentiments, and where a junior staff was appointed to head his senior  without any remorse.

He, however, commended the acting governor for paying part of the outstanding salaries of the civil servants which Nyako refused to pay before the termination of his government.

Maina likened the administration of  Nyako to that of the late Sani Abacha, saying that Nyako ruled the state with iron hand.
The labour leader said the former governor’s removal by the majority of the state lawmakers was a divine intervention by God to rescue the state from total collapse.

According to him, Nyako removal was a silent revolution carried out by God himself to salvage the workers from their oppressors.
Maina said the workers were kept under bondage for many years by the Nyako-led administration that nobody could speak out their mind in order to keep his job.
The acting governor thanked the labour leaders for identifying with his government, assuring them that the present administration was for the workers and the masses of the state.

Source: Thisday