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Strike: Wabba dares el-Rufai, as gov declares him, others wanted
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By Victor Ahiuma-Young, Johnbosco Agbakwuru,Omeiza Ajayi, Marie-Therese Nanlong&Ibrahim HassanWuyo
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba, yesterday dared Governor Nasir el-Rufai to come and arrest him and other other labour leaders after the governor declared the NLC president and other labour leaders wanted for alleged economic sabotage.
The governor also placed unspecified bounty on the labour leaders.
This came as armed thugs attacked labour leaders and workers and disrupted Tuesday’s protest by NLC leaders and aggrieved worker as part of ongoing five -day strike against wKaduna State government over perceived anti-workers policies including the recent sack of about 7000 workers including teachers.
Nigerians have been asked to resist attempts by the opposition political parties to politicise issues of insecurity and bad economy the country is witnessing currently.’
Governors of the All Progressives Congress made the appeal in a New Year message signed by the chairman of the forum and Kebbi state governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, on Friday in Abuja.
The governors agreed that ending insecurity will require strong national unity. They acknowledged and commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for providing the leadership at national level.
However, while lamenting the effects of Covid-19 on the country’s economy and insecurity, and the PGF said these are issues that should not be politicised by Nigerians.