“This should not be seen as a witch-hunt or an attempt to unnecessarily downsize the civil service.”
“We must unite for a just cause because injury to one is injury to all.”
“The directive is a proactive measure to protect communities and travellers in anticipation of increased traffic on Kaduna-Abuja expressway.”
The NLC accused Mr El-Rufai of sacking over 50,000 workers from 2017 to date. These included over 21,000 teachers, 5,000 local government workers, 12,000 civil servants.
The Kaduna State Government insists it could not be blackmailed by organised labour saying it took its action based on prevailing economic realities.
“It is unfortunate that in spite of the plague of insecurity…, some politicians are working hard to scrap the local government system.”
Nigerian workers marked May Day across the country on Saturday.
The labour union called the strike action to protest the legislature’s bill to remove its power from negotiating minimum wages.
The bill…had passed the first and second reading in February.
