Workers in Kano State shunned the strike order as they resumed for work on its day-two. This development has forced the state NLC to raise an enforcement committee to ensure compliance.
Chairman Comrade Ado Minjibir said there was no going back on the struggle until government reverts the price.
He said banks and other private organisations were being monitored, adding that the union will not force anyone to join the struggle.
Minjibir described the court order restraining the strike as mere propaganda, noting that the union will also mobilise for mass protest on Saturday. He insisted that the struggle must continue until they reach a logical conclusion.
Our source who monitored the situation reports that the enforcement committee besieged the entrance of the secretariat and ordered workers to return home.
Offices of the Federal Secretariat along Katsina Road were locked and union members were sighted chanting solidarity songs.
Major hospitals like the Abdullahi Wase Specialists Hospital and Murtala Muhammad Specialist hospital offered skeletal services to patients.
Banks opened early but closed by 1pm after labour leaders prevailed on them. Major markets also operated fully as business activities boomed.
Private and public schools were opened as students were seen rushing to schools and closed at the normal time.
Market leaders had earlier disassociated themselves from the strike. National Chairman of the Harmonised Trade Unions, Alhaji Bature Abdulaziz, and the state chairman of the National Chamber of Indigenous Contractors, Alhaji Auduwa Maitangaran, urged traders to ignore the order.
Security agents were, however, deployed to strategic locations to maintain peace and order. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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why would they strike when their brother is in power, for WHY nah!?
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