Waba who led thousands of workers to Government House, Kaduna said the union would not back down in its opposition to the sack of 36,000 workers by Gov. The NLC president accused the governor of disobeying a court order and using the security agencies to intimidate the workers who were on peaceful protest. “The sack of 36,000 workers has nothing to do with competency; Kaduna state government didn’t conduct competency test for local government workers yet they were sacked. “We are here to defend the right of 36,000 workers and their families that have been disengaged from the state civil service. “In Kaduna state no worker is safe, no family is safe and it is better they are defeated struggling than to be defeated in their comfort zone.

Source: Punch January 11, 2018 14:03 UTC