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Published 16 May 2021
Kaduna State on Sunday was thrown into total blackout ahead of the five-day warning strike directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress to commence from midnight of Sunday in the state.
The total blackout followed a warning by the National Union of Electricity Employees, an affiliate of the NLC, directing its workers to join the strike action in Kaduna beginning on Midnight Sunday.
But the state government said it won’t bow to the intimidation of the NLC over its planned ‘rightsizing’ of the state workforce.
While speaking at a press conference in Kaduna on Saturday, the Commissioner of Local Government Affairs, Malam Jafaru Sani, said it uncovered a plot by the NLC to recruit hoodlums from other states of the federation to cause mayhem under the pretext of embarking on strike.
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No fewer than 15 unions affiliated to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Kaduna State Council have directed its workers to begin a 5 day warning strike on Monday.
This was even as they call on the workers to disregard the government’s circular against the warning strike.
State Secretary of the NLC Kaduna council, Comrade Christiana John Bawa disclosed in a press statement distributed to journalists in Kaduna on Saturday .
However, in reacting to the impending strike, the state government has said it has notified security agencies to thwart the violent intent of the organisers.
Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, the Commissioner of Local Government Affairs, Malam Jafaru Sani reminded the unionists that the ban on public procession is still in force.
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Ahead of the 2023 crucial general election, the factional fights for the soul of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State have again been rekindled by old foes and longtime political gladiators. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief GodswillAkpabio and the current National Care-taker Chairman of the APC, Senator John Udoedehe, are again locked in the fierce contest for supremacy over the party.At stake is the party’s leadership slot and the turf for the battle is Akwa Ibom, where the two camps have their loyalists split into two camps.
Akpabio and Udoedehe, have had running battles forl control of the oil rich state under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), following the expiration of the tenure of Obong Victor Attah, the inaugural governor of the state at the return of democracy in 1999.The duo had formed an alliance in the runup to the 2007 elections, when Akpabio, fought tight battle to succeed ObongAttah, who had already anointed his son-in-law, DrU