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While labour insisted it was defending the rights of the sacked workers, the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai argued that the government was not convinced that devoting about 70 per cent of the revenue accruing to the state to the payment of workers’ salaries who constitute less than five per cent of the total population was not right. x
The unwillingness of both Labour and Kaduna State government to arrive at a consensus led to the declaration of a five-day warning strike by the NLC.
The National Administrative Council (NAC) headed by the President of Congress, Ayuba Wabba, had tabled the administrative action to the meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC), seeking its approval to embark on industrial action, if the mass sack was not reversed.
By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent
CONTROVERSIAL celebrity prophet, Passion Java has endorsed Emmerson Mnangagwa’s presidential re-election bid in the 2023 campaign.
Zanu PF has already confirmed Mnangagwa as their presidential candidate as he seeks re-election for the country’s top job.
However, Java said he was endorsing the incumbent because of the success of the National Development Strategy (NDS 1) – a government economic blueprint – on which the political messaging for Mnangagwa’s 2023 re-election bid is hinged.
Java, who is also black empowerment lobby, Affirmative Action Group (AAG) vice president, said the NDS 1 presents vast business opportunities for youths in agriculture, mining, industry and commerce, among other sectors.
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