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There was a mild drama on Saturday in Kano State as all government officials including the state Head of Service stayed away from the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, May Day activities.
The development got many angry with the Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Kabiru Ado Minjibir, skipping all parts in his speech indicating government presence at the venue of the rally.
Kabiru Ado Minjibir said while delivering his speech that, “It is unfortunate that no single government official was present today here including the Head of Service, but this will not stop us from doing the programme.”
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Kano Civil Society Forum (KCSF) has resolved the rift between the Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA) and Tricycle Owners and Riders Association, reaching a pact to call off the strike.
Briefing journalists during a joint-press conference at the Club Road Headquarters of KAROTA, the state NLC chairman, Comrade Ado Minjibir, said the warring parties have agreed the sheathe their swords.
According to him, “arising from the impasse between the KAROTA and the leadership of Tricycle Riders/Owners Association, the leadership of NLC, TUC, JNC and KCSF summoned a joint meeting chaired by Comrade Kabiru Ado Minjibir (chairman NLC Kano state) with the MD of KAROTA with the aim of intervening to have amicable resolution on the matter of striking Tricycle Riders in the state.”
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