Socio-economic activities have been grounded as Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) commenced its five-day industrial warning strike in Kaduna State.
The peaceful protest was led by the National President of the Union, Ayuba Wabba and other labour leaders across the state.
The planned move followed Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s announcement in April to disengage civil servants in the state, citing fiscal reasons.
El-Rufai said a significant amount of the statutory federal allocations to the state is being spent on the wages of public servants.
But the NLC has vowed to resist the action of the state government, accusing the governor of not being sensitive to the plight of the workers.
The Kaduna State NLC Chairman, Ayuba Suleiman had disclosed that the industrial action will be accompanied by a peaceful protest which will be led by the President of the Union, Ayuba Wabba and other labour leaders across the country.
He explained that the strike which will involve grounding of all socio-economic activities in both public and private sectors in a bid to force the Kaduna State Government to reverse the sack of over 7,000 local government workers and teachers and also suspend its plan to sack another 11,000 civil servants any moment from now.
