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The Federal Government has called on Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, not to escalate the ongoing labour crisis in the state to make it uncontrollable.
It also appealed to workers, especially those in critical sectors, not to tamper with electrical or water installations so as not to bring more sufferings to the people of the state.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who made the appeal late Tuesday evening, said the Kaduna strike had already snowballed into a national strike and picketing. He therefore appealed to the leaders of the labour centres to step down action to make way for discussion.
Kaduna Workers Strike: IGP Deploys Operatives To Guarantee Safety On Kaduna-Abuja Expressway
Kaduna Workers Strike: IGP Deploys Operatives To Guarantee Safety On Kaduna-Abuja Expressway
Awka – The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the deployment of additional Police operatives and crime prevention assets to ensure public safety and strengthen security along the Kaduna – Abuja expressway.
The IGP gave the directive on Monday, as a proactive measure to protect communities and travelers in anticipation of increased traffic on the Kaduna– Abuja expressway, following the disruption of other means of transportation by industrial action in Kaduna State.
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliate unions earlier today embarked on a five-day warning strike over the recent disengagement of some civil servants by the state government.
The Federal Government on Tuesday waded into the ongoing face-off between the Kaduna state government and labour unions.
The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have embarked on a five-day warning strike and protests in the state over the sack of over 7,000 government workers.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna state government has insisted that it does not have the financial wherewithal to pay the relieved workers.
On Tuesday, the state government declared labour union leaders wanted in the state for economic sabotage, saying the industrial action had affected key state infrastructure and services, including health and power.
And labour union leaders have accused the state government of actions tantamount to ‘abuse of powers’, including disrupting a peaceful protest with thugs.
By John Shiklam
Armed thugs, alleged to have to been sponsored, attacked protesting workers led by the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Dr. Ayuba Wabba, in Kaduna on Tuesday.
The workers were attacked at the NEPA Roundabout, Kaduna, during their peaceful procession in continuation of their five-day warning strike against the mass sacking of workers by the Kaduna state government.
The hoodlums, armed with sticks and knives, arrived in two vehicles and Keke NAPEP, throwing stones at the protesters.
There was pandemonium as the police who had been accompanying the protesting workers swiftly responded by firing teargas at the hoodlums.
Channels Television
Updated May 18, 2021
Labour unions have embarked on a five-day warning strike and protests in Kaduna state over the sack of over 7,000 government workers.
The National Leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Tuesday criticised the actions of Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai in the ongoing labour dispute in the state.
In a statement signed by the group’s National President, Williams Akporeha and General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale, NUPENG described El-Rufai’s government as “dictatorial and despotic”.
The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have embarked on a five-day warning strike and protests in the state over the sack of over 7,000 government workers.