The Association of Senior Civil
Servants of Nigeria, the Nigerian Copyright Commission unit, an affiliate of
Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), this Monday began a massive
demonstration at the Federal Secretariat Abuja headquarters of the commission
as they locked out their Director-General, Mr. Afam Ezekude. The visibly angry
placard-carrying staff of the commission with colleagues from TUC and NLC sang
repeatedly and danced in a frenzy.
The demonstrators who brought
activities to a halt at the sprawling Federal Secretariat complex, repeated
their call for the immediate probe, prosecution and imprisonment of Mr.
Ezekude.
The Senior Staff Association
which says that it has in the recent past petitioned various anti-graft and
security agencies in the country including EFCC, DSS and ICPC with irrefutable
evidence of the rabid corruption engineered by Mr. Ezekude, proclaimed that
their members do not want Ezekude anywhere near the commission again.
The protesting staff said that
they have totally lost confidence in the leadership of Mr. Afam Ezekude who
according to them has reduced the Nigerian Copyright Commission which is an
enforcement agency set up to protect and promote the Nigerian Creative
Industry to an agency for the private looting of funds thereby rendering the
commission comatose.
According to the union, they have
resolved that they can no longer guarantee industrial harmony and peace in the
commission except Mr. Ezekude who they say left London as a taxi driver 7 years
ago to Nigeria to assume the position of DG, is arrested and prosecuted
immediately. The NCC staff vowed that their action will continue until
appropriate action is taken against Mr. Ezekude.
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