Kaduna Governor, El-Rufai Lacks Power To Declare NLC President, Wabba Wanted ASCAB
The group then called on the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to ignore the illegal statement made by the governor.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 18, 2021
The Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has knocked Governor Nasir El-Rufai for declaring the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Ayuba Wabba wanted.
This was made known in a letter signed by the Interim Chairman of ASCAB, Femi Falana (SAN).
El-Rufai on his verified Twitter page on Tuesday declared the labour leaders wanted for ‘economic sabotage & attacks on public infrastructure under Miscellaneous Offences Act.’
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A defiant Kaduna State government has said the five-day warning strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), which began on Monday, will not distract it from its plan to ‘rightsize’ the civil service of the state.
The state government dismissed the strike and street protests as an attempt by labour union leaders to sabotage its policy but said the first day of the strike has not affected the operations of the government.
The state’s Head of Service, Bara’atu Mohammed, said this to journalists in Kaduna during a brief state executive council meeting on Monday.
Mrs Mohammed said the state government will not rescind the decison to sack civil servants that are not needed in the state.
Femi Falana, Human Rights lawyer, has slammed Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, for declaring President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba and other union leaders wanted.
The NLC had on Monday embarked on a massive protest and strike to press home their demand bordering on mass sack of workers in the state. The strike has paralysed critical sectors of the economy in the State.
El-Rufai had declared Wabba and other labour leaders wanted for leading the protest and crippling economic activities in the state.
‘Hired’ thugs were also reported to have attacked the peaceful protesters during the demonstration.
Declares NLC president wanted
By John Shiklam
The Kaduna State Government has announced the dismissal of all nurses below Grade Level 14 for embarking on strike.
A statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, said the state Ministry of Health has been directed to advertise vacancies for the immediate recruitment of new nurses to replace those dismissed.
The statement also disclosed that “nurses disconnected oxygen from a two-day-old baby in an incubator on Monday at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, when they joined the National Labour Congress (NLC) strike”.
It added that the nurses involved have been recommended to the Ministry of Justice for prosecution.
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