The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ondo  State Council has passed a vote of no confidence on the state leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), over alleged the nonchalant attitude of the Congress to the welfare and plights of journalists in the state.

 Consequently, the union had pulled out of the congress and would henceforth boycott all the activities of the labour union in the state until further notice.

This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the monthly Congress of the NUJ in Akure, signed by the union’s chairman, Mr. Akinfolayan Owanikin and made available to newsmen on Saturday.

The NUJ directed its members not to participate in any NLC activities or give coverage for any event organised by the labour union, including the coming May Day Rally in Akure.

The NUJ in taking the decision, the communique said, had reviewed the recent events in the state in which the state leadership of the NLC had failed to play any meaningful role either  in defending or  protecting the interest of journalists in the state.

The NUJ cited the recent incident at the Ondo State Radiovision Corporation, where some NUJ members were arrested and detained over the   Unbearable working condition in the state government-owned media.

“Despite the fact that we carried along the NLC State Chairman, Mrs Bosede Daramola from the onset on the issue of OSRC, she refused to intervene in the crisis. When the government set up a panel on the matter, the NLC refused to submit its position paper or make any representation to the panel despite our pleas.

“This is, of course, is not the first time that the NLC would turn its back to the NUJ when it needs it most. In recent years, there have been many incidents involving journalists in the state in which the NLC would refuse to play any role.

“One of those was the assault on a cameraman at a May Day Rally by policemen a few years ago which led to the death of the cameraman while the NLC chairman often refuses to mention the plights of NUJ members in her speech during Workers Day events," part of the communique read.

The union therefore condemns in strong terms the insensitivity of the NLC to the plights of NUJ members in the state.

It commended the Ondo State government for setting up a panel of enquiry to look into the rots in the OSRC with the hope that the outcome will bring about the desired change and improve the working condition of the entire workforce in the establishment.