Labour Direct Workers in Kaduna to Shun El Rufai's Directive on
Today, the Joint National Public Service Negotiating
Council (JNPSNC) urged civil servants in Kaduna State to disregard directives by
the state Governor, Malam Nasir El Rufai, to fill a form disowning unionism in
their respective duties as civil servants.
In a statement, the National Chairman of the
council, Comrade Kiri Mohammed, explained that the directive was discriminatory
and amounts to violation of workers’ fundamental human right with the intension
to derail the unity of organised labour in the state.
The statement further observed that the council
gives its total support to the committed efforts of the Nigeria Labour Congress
(NLC) led by Comrade Ayuba Wabba to save the workers from undemocratic and
anti-workers’ policies of the state government under the leadership of El
Rufai.
According to Mohammed, "The attention of the
Joint Council has been drawn to anti- workers’ action of Kaduna State
Government by the issuance of special exercises on staff verification forms,
issued by the state government through office of the governor to fill and
indicate no to union.
"The Council discovered that after the
exercise recently conducted, the state government issued obnoxious policies
compelling civil servants not to identify with any Trade Union of their choice.
We hereby direct state civil servants not to sign the form.”
Mohammed who also doubled as the National President
of Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) as well as Deputy President of the NLC,
said the policy is a contravention of convention C87 and C98 of the
International Labour Organisation (ILO) ratified by Nigeria, Trade Union
(amendment) Act 2005 and section 40 of the constitution of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria on freedom of association.
The council further cautioned the governor to
withdraw the said circular and directive, as the union will be left with no other
option than to confront the state government should El Rufai fail to heed to
their demand.
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