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May 19, 2021 APC Governors Urges The NLC To Return To Negotiating Table With The Kaduna State Government

APC Governors Urges The NLC To Return To Negotiating Table With The Kaduna State Government

Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress have asked the Nigeria Labour Congress to return to the negotiating table with the Kaduna State Government.

It said there was no need for the NLC to flex muscles regarding Governor NASIR EL-RUFAI's sack of local government workers.

The governors under the aegis of the Progressive Governors Forum gave the charge in a statement issued in Abuja and signed by their chairman and Governor of Kebbi state, ABUBAKAR ATIKU BAGUDU.

PGF said it has been following unfolding developments between the NLC and the Kaduna State Government over the issue of rightsizing Local Government employees with deep concerns.

 

May 19, 2021 Armed Thugs Attacks Protesting NLC Members In Kaduna State

Armed Thugs Attacks Protesting NLC Members In Kaduna State

The protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress in Kaduna state has turned violent as armed thugs attacked the workers with dangerous weapons.

The workers had converged at the popular NEPA roundabout in the Kaduna capital city to continue the day two of their protest when the thugs invaded the area and started throwing stones and other dangerous weapons at them.

The attack forced many of the protesters to scamper for safety.

It is not known who actually sent the thugs, but the NLC President, AYUBA WABBA pointed accusing fingers at the state governor, NASIR EL-RUFAI.

 

May 19, 2021 Nasir El-Rufai, Sack All Nurses Below Grade Level 14 For Embarking On Solidarity Strike With The NLC

Nasir El-Rufai, Sack All Nurses Below Grade Level 14 For Embarking On Solidarity Strike With The NLC

Kaduna State where Governor, NASIR EL-RUFAI, has sacked all nurses below grade level 14 in the state for embarking on strike in solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress.

The governor also directed the Ministry of Health in the state to immediately advertise vacancies for the replacement of the dismissed nurses.

Kaduna State has been grounded in the last 48 hours as aviation workers, bank workers, rail workers, electricity workers, health workers, teachers, amongst others, down tools in protest against the alleged injustice of the EL-RUFAI-led government and the mass sacking of civil servants.

In the statement signed by the governor's Special Adviser on Media and Communication, MUYIWA ADEKEYE, EL-RUFAI warned that any worker not found in his or her place of assignment would be sacked.

 

May 19, 2021 Catriona Laing Says UK Government Will Provide Support For Nation’s Counter-Terrorism Operations

Catriona Laing Says UK Government Will Provide Support For Nation’s Counter-Terrorism Operations

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, CATRIONA LAING says the UK government, through its military presence in Nigeria, is sharing notes with the Nigerian security forces on its counter-terrorism operations.

LAING, however, warned that these kinds of security challenges are not solved by military actions alone.

She said this while briefing journalists following her meeting with Governor NYESOM WIKE in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Capital.

CATRIONA LAING noted that the solution to the challenge will include the rebuilding of trust with the Nigerian people and tackling the underlying economic driver.

She says there will be a spotlight on the country in 2023 as it holds its general election.

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