The Public Complaints Commission is set to begin investigation into reported incidents of abuse, sexual harassment, industrial slavery, and maltreatment of Nigerians by two Chinese ceramics firms in Kogi State.
It was learnt that the two firms, BN Ceramic Company and West Africa Ceramics Company have been accused of alleged attacks and abuse of Nigerians.
Based on this, a Non-Governmental Organisation, Pan-African United Youth Development Network has dragged the two firms before the Public Complaint Commission (PCC), demanding justice for the victims.
The PCC assured yesterday in Abuja when the Pan- Africa United Youth Developments Network visited the Chief Commissioner of the commission to submit their complaint.
The Chief Commissioner, Chief Chile Igbawua, assured the group that the commission would leave no stone unturned to unravel the alleged industrial slavery and would invoke labour law on anyone or company found guilty.
“The news was very incensing and is inhuman. We have labour law in Nigeria for goodness sake and we have industrial standard people working in industry depending on the kind of and entitle to personal protective equipment where they work, they are also entitle to minimum condition of service. That is why I commended your organisation again because the staff are already threatens and unable to speak up or voice out and what need to be done is for somebody to voice out on their behalf which is what you have done because of your step this matter have gone to the government.
“We shall write them and visit them to see thing for ourselves but I can assure you that whatever wrong that has been done to that place or people we shall take appropriate step.
“The law of this country are very clear, we are not subject ourselves to the foreign investors to re-colonisation, we sovereign nation, we are proud Nigeria for the fact that we have resources doesn’t not mean our resources should be used to enslave us again and we are going to take this matter very seriously,” he assured.
