Tag: Kaduna State Government

Kaduna: “99 political appointees have lost their jobs” – Gov. el-Rufa’i

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Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, has said Kaduna State has started implementing its right-sizing policy by disengaging 99 political appointees, but is yet to disengage any State civil servant. El-Rufa’i, who made the disclosure at a media chat on Thursday night, explained that the disengaged political appointees constitute 30% of political officeholders. The governor disclosed that only agencies connected to the local government system have disengaged staff and these include the 23 local government councils, SUBEB and the Primary Health Care Board. The governor, who spoke in Hausa, said…

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Troops foil attack on secondary school in Kaduna – KDSG

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Says bandit neutralised The Kaduna State government says troops have prevented an attack on Prelude Comprehensive College, located in Kujama, Chikun LGA of the State. The State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in an issued statement on Saturday. The development comes hours after an attack on Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in the state, which resulted in the death of one student, while 10 other persons were abducted. Aruwan, however, noted that the bandits attacked travellers on the Kaduna-Kachia road, resulting in three travellers sustaining gunshot…

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Kaduna: KASU students barricade Govt. House, major roads in protest over tuition fees hike

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Demands reversal Major roads leading to Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kadunas seat of power, were yesterday barricaded by concerned students of Kaduna State University, (KASU), protesting what they described as unreasonable and insensitive Increase in their tuition fees. The students, in their hundreds, went about their protest peacefully, but blocked all access to the roads. They later engaged in special prayers against the State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, calling on God to intervene in their situation. They also pleaded again with the governor to reconsider his decision in the interest…

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Kaduna Govt confirms attack in travellers on Abuja-Kaduna highway

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The Kaduna State government has verified that some travellers were attacked by bandits on the Abuja-Kaduna highway on Friday. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan. According to the State government, the number of people abducted in the attack after bandits blocked the highway at about 3:30 p.m, is yet to be confirmed. Aruwan said, Security agents responded swiftly to distress calls and checked their operation. He added that they will publicly disclose the number of people…

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Rightsizing: El-Rufa’i disengages 19 more political appointees in Kaduna

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As KASU students protest over planned school fees hike Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, has approved the disengagement of 19 political office holders, in the first phase of public servants who will depart the public service, in continuation of rightsizing the workforce. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, issued yesterday, said that affected officials include two Special Advisers, a Deputy Chief of Staff and several Special Assistants, amongst others. According to the statement, this is the first phase of political appointees to depart the public service during the…

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Kaduna-NLC face-off: FGN insists el-Rufa’i must dialogue with Organised Labour

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Sets up c’ttee to resolve dispute The Federal Government has said that Kaduna and any other state must dialogue with the Organised Labour as enshrined in the International Labour Organisation, (ILO) conventions, to which Nigeria is a signatory. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stated this while presiding over the meeting between Kaduna State Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), in Abuja yesterday. He said though the Organised Labour has a right to go on strike according to the provisions of the law, it should not obstruct…

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NLC suspends warning strike in Kaduna, as FG intervenes

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…’JUSUN, Parliamentary workers’ll soon call-off theirs”, Ngige assures The Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has suspended its warning strike in Kaduna following the Federal Governments intervention. The NLC National President, Ayuba Wabba, announced the suspension of the mass action, which brought Kaduna State to a standstill for three days, yesterday. According to him, the labour union decided to suspend the strike to honour the invitation of the Federal Government. The Federal Government had pledged to mediate in the raging dispute between labour and the Kaduna State government over the mass sack…

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Int’l law group mobilises to give free legal services to illegal sacked Kaduna workers

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Backs Labours opposition A group of lawyers under the aegis of The International Lawyers Assisting Workers, (ILAW), has called on all its members across the country to mobilise to Kaduna to render services as may be required by circumstances to the sacked workers in Kaduna State who were hitherto employed by the State government. The group expressed its total support for the protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), in Kaduna State, which started today. The ILAW, in a statement it issued on Friday, described the decision of the Kaduna…

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Army troops sight large migrant herders on transit in Kaduna

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A group of migrating personsidentified as a band of traveling herders, have been sighted by security agencies around Tafa village, in Kagarko local government area of Kaduna State, according to the State government. A press statement issued by the State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, stated that “this followed several distress calls from citizens on movement of armed bandits in the Lambata-Kabbo area of Tafa village, in Kagarko local government area. “In response to the reports, troops and Police operatives were mobilised to the area for…

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“El-Rufa’i sadist, wicked leader for sacking 35,000 Kaduna workers” – Labour

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The Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), yesterday described the mass sack and casualisation of workers by the Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, as the most brutal attack on workers and trade unions rights in Nigerias history. The NLC chairman, Ayuba Suleiman, who delivered the Workers Day address of the unions President Ayuba Wabba, said the government had either sacked or casualised more than 60 percent of the State’s workforce. His words: We consider the recent mass sack and casualisation of more than 60 percent of the workforce in Kaduna State…

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