The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has began a massive protest in Kaduna.
The protest is aimed at registering their displeasure over mass sack and pitiable conditions of workers in the state civil service.
Earlier, the State Secretary of the council, Comrade Christiana Bawa had in a statement on Saturday urged workers in the state to proceed on an industrial action regardless of government’s circular and threats against the strike.
She noted that no worker in the state had a secured job, adding that the state government had in April 2021 arbitrarily sacked no fewer than 4,000 workers without following due process.
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“Kaduna State Government sacked over 30,000 workers in 2016 and their entitlements have not been settled,”she said.
”This is the time to tell the world that the state government is antiworkers and wants to destroy the civil service in the name of reform,” she said.
Present at the protest grounds are affiliates of NLC in the state such as the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG ) and National Union of Road Transport Workers( NURTW).
Others are the National Union of Electricity Employees of Nigeria (NUEE), National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institution Employees (NUBIFIE) and National Association of Nurses and Midwives among others.
