Embattled Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has gotten into another trouble as organized labour in the state are set to shut down all activities in the state following his alleged anti- workers policies and excesses.
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) said it is ready to give the governor a run for his money after efforts by the the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Joint Council in Kaduna State to prevail on governor El-Rufai to cease his alleged siege on workers and trade unions in the state had been treated with contempt.
In a statement published in various newspapers, TUC said: “As we write, the Kaduna State Governor is compelling workers in the state against their will to choose whether to belong to Trade Unions or opt out of the Trade Union system completely. By his bizarre actions, Governor El-Rufai may think that he is destroying the trade unions in the state but what he is actually displaying is his lack of elementary knowledge of labour laws in the country because even though the law permits the worker to opt out of trade union, it is not the responsibility of the Governor to force him or her to do so.
”El-Rufai further exposed his ignorance when he told a national newspaper recently that he decided to destroy the union in Kaduna State because N2,000 was deducted from a worker’s salary as union dues and that when he multiplied that amount with the number of Kaduna State Government employees, including the local government staff, he came to the spurious conclusion that the union collects N170 million as check-off dues.
“It is really a pity that a governor of a state in Nigeria does not know that union dues is not a flat rate of N2,000 for every employee and that there are about 15 unions in the public service of a state that are entitled to union dues based on a rate approved by the Registrar of trade unions.”
TUC also said El-Rufai wants the workers to pay tax on union dues deducted from their own salary adding that trade unions were listed in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and as such the Kaduna State governor has no legal authority to write his own labour laws.

Meanwhile, popular Lagos pastor and the chairman, Fresh Democratic Party, Pastor Chris Okotie, has joined those who have spoken against the now controversial bill.
Okotie advised El-Rufai to change his plan to introduce a law that would require preachers to obtain a licence before preaching in the state.
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Honestly that man should take it easy!
He's still at war with the religious body and now labour, he should understand that being a governor is different from being a minister. He's now a Governor, he should rule democratically, cause it's now becoming very obvious that the governor is ignorant of democratical process and the sensitivity of office he now occupies.
He should therefore be cautioned before he leads Kaduna into anarchy

El-Rufai is something else

Very ignorant..

We need trade unions to ensure fair treatment of workers.

They collect about 1 percent of ur pay.. Thats fair. So if they collect 2k.. That individual earns 200k

I expected the trade union will tell us how much they actually milk from kaduna state workers rather than leave all of us in ignorance. Again, the governor doesn't seem to be forcing them out but reminding workers they can leave a union that could be collecting more than what they need.

The only rufai I know is peter rufai. Who's el rufai

ThIs is a story of a toothless Bulldog! !!

Short people and wickedness...

slowly but surely hell-rufia will soon shoot himself in the head