The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has scolded Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State, describing the living condition in the state as Hell Rufai, as they shut down total economic activities in the state.
The move to protest and embark on strike comes after the alleged sacking of over seven thousand Civil servant workers by the Governor.
The striking workers marched across Kaduna state with a huge banner with ‘Hell Rufai’ bolding written on them, describing their sufferings under the Governor El-Rufai led administration in the state.
While the Governor is not being moved by the protests and strike, Nigerians have taken to social media to clearly show their support to the striking workers by also jumping on and pushing the Hell Rufai to the Nigerian Twitter trending street.
The trending topic is no doubt aimed to rubbish the governor and his policies since becoming the Governor of the State.
The members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday morning stormed the streets of Kaduna to protest the recent disengagement of over seven thousand civil servants at the state and local governments by the state government.
National NLC Chairman, Ayuba Wabba, during the protest, said due process was not observed in the recent disengagement of the workers from the Local Government Service, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), and Primary Health Care Agency.
He said further that all the unions including Student Unions and pensioners are part of the protest as they are all directly affected by the disengagement of workers.
“All those that are here today are those that are directly affected. The students are here. The children of those workers that have been thrown out of their job and were not been paid, they are here with us.
“The pensioners that were not being paid are here with us. They claim that local government employees were consulted. The Local Government Employees are here today, they have issued a statement to say that statement was false.
“All leadership of public sector unions are here.
“It is only Kaduna State of all the 36 states of the Federation that threw workers out of their jobs without genuine reason,” the NLC Chairman said.
Also, affiliate unions participating in the protest include National Union of Petroleum Employees of Nigeria (NUPENG), National Union of Electricity Employees of Nigeria (NUEE), National Union Of Textile, Tailoring and Garment Workers of Nigeria are also participating in the protest.
Recall that aviation workers have shut down operations of Kaduna International Airport (KIA) effective Sunday midnight.
The workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), said the airport would remain shut for the period of the warning strike.