Nasarawa: NLC Threatens To Shutdown State Over Sack Of Female Worker For Facebook

Nasarawa: NLC Threatens To Shutdown State

Over Sack Of Female Worker For Facebook
Governor Umaru Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa
has come under heavy criticism over the
sacking a female worker in the employ of the
state civil service, Miss Ruqaiyyat Tijjani
Usman, over comments she made on her Face
book page.
Ruqaiyyat, a staff with the state Ministry of
Justice, had her appointment terminated with
effect from February 25, 2016, for comments on
the purported demonstration by a section of
civil servants against the just suspended strike
action and the way the state government was
handling the Lassa Fever outbreak in the state
which led to the death of a health worker with
the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia.
She highlighted what she termed anti-labour
"stage managed" protest organised across the
state in a post which read: "I can see some
political thugs protesting and not professionals;
are we going down this way? I weep for my
state."
Our reporter gathered that upon receiving a
printed copy of the post and the comments and
discourse it had generated from the office of the
special adviser on Command Centre, Governor
Al-Makura, summoned her to his office last
Monday morning where he was said to have
assured her of her sack from the service.
LEADERSHIP Sunday gathered that pleas from
her father, Tijjani Usman, a former
commissioner in his administration and
intervention from traditional rulers and other
concerned citizens have failed to reverse the
decision to terminate of her appointment.
In reaction, labour leaders and human rights
activists have slammed the governor's action
and decision, threatening to embark on a fresh
strike if the decision was not reversed within
the shortest possible time.
The Nasarawa State chairman of Nigeria
Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdullahi
Adeka, said by Monday, the leadership of trade
unions will meet with the state attorney-genera
l and commissioner of Justice and if the
decision was not reversed within 24 hours, they
would be forced to shut down the state in a
fresh strike action.
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