{"id":80937,"date":"2021-05-19T23:15:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80937"},"modified":"2021-05-19T23:15:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:15:50","slug":"breaking-nlc-suspends-strike-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-nlc-suspends-strike-in-kaduna\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NLC suspends strike in Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended the five-day warning strike in Kaduna State to pave way for negotiations as requested by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had said that the Federal Government would intervene to bring the labour crisis rocking Kaduna State to a peaceful end.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed said that the Federal Government was disturbed about the sudden turn of events in Kaduna State, stressing that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, is already working to broker a truce between the opposing sides.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe Federal Government is not folding its arms and already, the Minister of Labour and Employment has waded in and he is in touch with both the government of Kaduna State and the Labour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, the security apparatus all over the country have also taken pre-emptive measures to ensure that hoodlums don\u2019t take advantage of this situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, all the parties have to come back to the drawing table to agree and hammer out concessions and agreements\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman, Kaduna chapter of NLC, Ayuba Suleiman, had asked workers to ground all activities for five days as directed by its national leadership to serve as a warning, following the sacking of no fewer than 4,000 state workers in April.<\/p>\n<p>Suleiman and the NLC Secretary, Christiana Bawa, in a statement, asked their colleagues to begin the warning strike\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">from Sunday at 12am<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">NLC President,\u00a0 Ayuba Wabba told the media that the decision to suspend the protest was to honour the FederalGovernment that invited them for reconciliation talks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended the five-day warning strike in Kaduna State to pave way for negotiations as requested by the Federal Government. 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