Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has charged the National Union of Postal and Telecommunication Employees (NUPTE) to be a strategic voice for its members and provide a platform on consumers’ rights in the Telecommunication industry, saying the quality of services rendered by the Nigerian Telecommunication sector remains poor.

Comrade Oshiomhole who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon. Pally Iriase stated this yesterday at a Leadership Retreat organized by the union in Benin City, expressed belief that it will help NUPTE redefine the challenges and generate the strategies to address them.Urging the union to deepen their organizing drive and sustain the progressive momentum, Oshiomhole said “this is a highly globalizing world in which trade union organization requires more creative and dynamic strategies”. 

The Governor acknowledges the critical role of Labour and Civil Society to the nation’s democratic and development process.“As we prepare for another election, there are very dangerous signals arising from the anti-democratic character and conduct of many of our political elite. The arrogant rhetoric, ethnic and religious sloganeering, as well as the persistent violence in some quarters, suggest that we must ensure that the  electoral process is not subverted again”.

While assuring that government would continue to place premium on relationship with organized Labour, Comrade Oshiomhole said government will provide enabling environment for the trade union movement in the overall interest of Edo State.Earlier, the president of NUPTE, Comrade Sunday Alhasan said the Post and Telecommunication Sector is at the center of modern global economy.

“It is both the creator and key facilitative engine that has propelled the  global advances in production, distribution and exchange of goods and services  that defines this modern era”, he said.