KADUNA — The Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday said it would resume its suspended industrial action in Kaduna State over the mass sacking of workers and other anti-labor practices by the state government.
The NLC, though, was not definite but directed its state councils and affiliate unions to mobilize and officially communicate to all employers of labor in the state for fresh action.
The workers’ union took the decision after the emergency National Executive Council meeting presided over by its President, Ayuba Wabba, on Tuesday.
The NLC President accused the state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, of failing to respect the Memorandum of Understanding brokered between the NLC and the state government by the Federal Government.
According to Wabba, the governor has continued to violate the provisions of the MoU, particularly the “No victimization clause.”
While addressing newsmen after the meeting on Tuesday, the NLC Chairman said the congress has exhausted all avenues, including writing letters to President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and had decided to resume the strike.
He said, “Owing to the above grievous infractions and continued provocation by the Kaduna State Government against workers and trade unions in the state and despite the fact that we have also complained formally to the Federal Government through the President and Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment on the non-adherence to the MoU, NEC has resolved that the earlier decision to withdraw all services and protest this neo-liberal and extreme right-wing policy should take effect without further delay.”
