By GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna

Nigeria Labour Congress Kaduna State Council has resolved to ground all activities for five days as proposed by the National Headquarters to serve as warning strike for the sacking of over 4,000 workers in the state.

This is contained in a statement on signed by the Chairperson of the state Council, Comrade Ayuba Magaji Suleiman, and the Secretary, Comrade Christiana John Bawa, distributed to journalists on Monday in Kaduna.

The statement said that the decision was reached in an emergency meeting held with the delegation from the national headquarters of congress in Kaduna.

It said: “The total withdrawal of services would commences this coming Sunday 16th May, 2021 by 12:00am (midnight),” the statement said; nothing that due process was not followed on the recent disengagement of over four thousand workers from the Local Government Service, SUBEB and Primary Health Care Agency by Kaduna State Government.

“The proposed withdrawal of services and the protest would be monitored by the National President’s and the General Secretaries of Nigeria Labour Congress of all the unions and the Global President, Comrade Ayuba Waba will be in Kaduna State to ensure the enforcement.

NLC directed that all civil servants in Kaduna state to remain at home for five days as a warning strike after which further directive will be given.”

Kaduna NLC urged civil society organisations, journalists, market women and men, okada riders and well-meaning citizens “to support workers in Kaduna state at this trying time.”

It will be recalled that Kaduna State Government sacked 30,000 workers in 2016 and up to date their entitlements have not been settled.