NLC Suspends Warning Strike In Kaduna

Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its five days warning
strike in Kaduna State to honour the invitation of the Federal
Government tomorrow.

The National President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba stated this
at an emergency meeting in Kaduna.

Labour unions had declared a five-day warning strike against the
administration of Governor Nasir El-Rufai over the mass sack of
workers.

The strike had brought Kaduna to a standstill as hospitals,
banks, train station, the airport, among others were shut.

The governor had dared the labour leaders, saying their action
would not make him change his stance on the sacked workers.

But speaking after an emergency meeting in Kaduna on Wednesday
night, the National President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said the
strike had been suspended.

The federal government had waded into the row between the Kaduna
State government and labour unions.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had said that the federal government his
Labour and Employment counterpart, Dr Chris Ngige, had intervened
to resolve the dispute.

“The federal government is not folding its arms and already the
Minister of Labour and Employment has waded in and is in touch with
both the government of Kaduna State and also the Labour.

In addition, the security apparatus all over the country have
also taken pre-emptive measures to ensure that hoodlums don’t take
advantage of this situation.

In particular, I know that the police have reinforced its patrol
between Kaduna and Abuja, so that we do not witness kidnappers
taking advantage of the situation.”

“Overall, I think the federal government is quite concerned and
is doing its best to see how the two parties can resolve their
misunderstandings amicably, with little loss to productivity,
little loss to properties.

At the end of the day, all the parties have to come back to the
drawing table to agree and hammer out concessions and agreements,”
Mohammed had told state house correspondents after the weekly
Federal Executive Council meeting.

Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its five days warning
strike in Kaduna State to honour the invitation of the Federal
Government tomorrow.

The National President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba stated this
at an emergency meeting in Kaduna.

Labour unions had declared a five-day warning strike against the
administration of Governor Nasir El-Rufai over the mass sack of
workers.

The strike had brought Kaduna to a standstill as hospitals,
banks, train station, the airport, among others were shut.

The governor had dared the labour leaders, saying their action
would not make him change his stance on the sacked workers.

But speaking after an emergency meeting in Kaduna on Wednesday
night, the National President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said the
strike had been suspended.

The federal government had waded into the row between the Kaduna
State government and labour unions.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had said that the federal government his
Labour and Employment counterpart, Dr Chris Ngige, had intervened
to resolve the dispute.

“The federal government is not folding its arms and already the
Minister of Labour and Employment has waded in and is in touch with
both the government of Kaduna State and also the Labour.

In addition, the security apparatus all over the country have
also taken pre-emptive measures to ensure that hoodlums don’t take
advantage of this situation.

In particular, I know that the police have reinforced its patrol
between Kaduna and Abuja, so that we do not witness kidnappers
taking advantage of the situation.”

“Overall, I think the federal government is quite concerned and
is doing its best to see how the two parties can resolve their
misunderstandings amicably, with little loss to productivity,
little loss to properties.

At the end of the day, all the parties have to come back to the
drawing table to agree and hammer out concessions and agreements,”
Mohammed had told state house correspondents after the weekly
Federal Executive Council meeting.