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The Travails of Malam Nasir El-Rufai, By Azu Ishiekwene

The Travails of Malam Nasir El-Rufai, By Azu Ishiekwene
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Workers strike: We re ready for you, El-Rufai tells NLC, PDP

El-Rufai had on Saturday said his government would not bow to blackmail, insisting that it was not sustainable to spend 84 to 96 percent of its federal allocation on salaries and personnel costs. The state government had noted that it had been subjected to campaign of lies, misrepresentation and false claims that its rightsizing exercise affected 4,000 workers and that it had stopped paying the minimum wage. Vehicles of civil servants lined up on both sides of the road as NLC members enforce compliance of the strike action. Daily Trust reports that at least 14 affiliates of the NLC from the aviation, petroleum, banking, health and transport sectors have expressed their readiness to comply with the strike.

After 24 hours darkness, Kaduna residents get electricity but for 15 minutes

The strike commenced at midnight of Sunday. However, a statement issued on Monday evening, the Head, Corporate Communication of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, apologised to residents of Kaduna over power outage. The statement read: “The management of Kaduna Electric again expresses its deepest regrets over the persisting power outage being experienced in Kaduna State. The management empathises with and apologise to individuals, families, groups and businesses who rely on its services daily and are currently facing inconvenience due to its withdrawal.” It expressed hope that the conflicting parties would resume discussions to allow normalcy return as soon as possible.

Strike: Total blackout in Kaduna as TCN knocks off all 33KV lines

Daily Trust reports that the NLC has commenced mobilising its affiliates to ensure a total economic shutdown of Kaduna State as part of efforts to force the government of Malam Nasir El-Rufai to rescind its policy of the sack of workers. El-Rufai had on Saturday said his government would not bow to blackmail and insisted that it was not sustainable to spend 84 per cent to 96 per cent of its federal allocation on salaries and personnel costs. The Kaduna State Government had stressed that it had been subjected to a campaign of lies, misrepresentation and false claims that its rightsizing exercise affected 4,000 workers and that it had stopped paying the minimum wage.

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