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The year 2021 has been a turbulent one for Kaduna state, the tenth largest economy in Nigeria by Gross Domestic Profit (GDP). The state had barely survived the protracted Southern Kaduna crisis with several peace talks last year and the state is supposed to be breathing a fresh air of peace. But how it suddenly became the nerve of banditry and kidnapping in the country in the wake of 2021 remains startling.

The security situation in the state has degenerated greatly but unlike it is seen at the federal level, the state government did not suffer in pretence despite being led by an APC Governor. For every of these malevolent acts, Governor Nasir El-rufai-led administration reminded the federal government of the need to embrace the idea of state policing, proper funding of the existing security agencies amongst other measures.

The government at the centre has failed to heed to these salient interventions and the security breakdown persists nationwide. Sixteen greenfield university students are still missing with promises of securing their release unhurt from both the state and federal governments. Days have run into weeks and no good news yet on the release of the undergraduates from their captors.

It is however unthinkable that the man who has found himself in this quagmire would marshal another revolutionary move in the history of civil service reform in Nigeria at the same time the state is battling gross insecurity. Only an all-rounder like El-Rufai can. He did not allow an aspect of governance to suffer because of another. This exemplary move has taught everyone that the travails of a man should not stop him from progressing.

It is a known fact that Nigeria has an over-bloated workforce. This has been emphasized in past committee reports but what do we get? White papers without implementation. These reports recommending a thorough pruning of the civil service only become useful for research or archival purposes. Now that we have found this excess baggage, shall we continue to ferry a boat knowing fully well that it leads nowhere? 

All over the country, only a few states have a clean sheet when it comes to prompt salary payment. When you mention Lagos and a few oil-rich states, all others are either grappling with salary payment or owing their older citizens’ pensions and gratuities like an irresponsible father. All these culminate to the poverty index that we rant about but Nigerians do not care to know. We found ourselves in this multidimensional poverty as a western newspaper describes it and we simply need a multidimensional approach to rescue ourselves. Therefore, we cannot continue to pretend and subject these issues to debate without actions.

No fewer than seven states in the country have yet to implement the N30,000 minimum wage approved over two years ago. Kano state, which had earlier gone ahead to start paying the approved benchmark later rescinded to the former N18,000 as part of its negotiations with the labour union when it proposed a mass sack.

But the Kaduna state government, which was one of the states to first implement the N30,000 minimum wage, has decided to take the bull by the horn. Rather than resort back to the paltry N18,000, it resolved to lay off redundant civil servants and political appointees.

The state has neither released the modalities for the planned action nor announced the date it will kick start the action when the labour unions began to cry foul. Although dismayed by the reaction of the union leaders, I'm consoled by Albert Einstein's position about the unpopularity of the right things.

The German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest physicists of all time, says "What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right."

The same labour unions that have derided the high cost of governance in Nigeria now wailing about the move to reduce. What an irony! How do you achieve development if a state spends over 80 percent of its revenue on salary payment? What happens to the healthcare system, infrastructure, education and other places in dire need of funds? Should these cogent sectors suffer the nemesis of maintaining an over-bloated workforce?

If these labour unions can objectively provide answers to these questions, they would be concerned about working the modalities out with the state government instead of the pressure being mounted through strike actions to thwart the implementation of the right-but-not-popular idea.

If El-Rufai can scale these hurdles– the brickbats from NLC and other sister unions, and implement this legendary reform, he would have successfully charted the way for other states to follow.

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Them done pay one oil and excess pepper soup headslammer to come and whitewash hell ruffian

Truth be told it's an unpopular policy but a strategic one. And the fact that he is willing to fight the fight which he may not see its fruits, but which future administration will most certainly RIP its benefit, says a lot

How much Hell Rufai paid you to type these bollocks?

Damage control

Why must political leaders be bringing up policies that kills the lower class populace.

Can't they sacrifice from the upper class of society as leaders.

Are there no other way out. Abeg let our grey hair make us think well and more for the people we govern

Hahahahaha

First was premium Times

All this PR to bury his evils

The paid writer subtly said it's redundant workers and political appointees

What modality is used to measure it?

When did sacking political appointees start to be an issue?

Is there any law that empowers governors to sack redundant workers? Nope

Never knew politicsNigeria is also a government PR wing

Very shameful

Useless PR for a terrorist.

Nonsense

The German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest physicists of all time, says "What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right."

The same labour unions that have derided the high cost of governance in Nigeria now wailing about the move to reduce. What an irony!
How do you achieve development if a state spends over 80 percent of its revenue on salary payment? What happens to the healthcare system, infrastructure, education and other places in dire need of funds? .
Should these cogent sectors suffer the nemesis of maintaining an over-bloated workforce?

Hmmmmm, these are deep words to be reflected upon!

But the Kaduna state government, which was one of the states to first implement the N30,000 minimum wage, has decided to take the bull by the horn.
Rather than resort back to the paltry N18,000, it resolved to lay off redundant civil servants and political appointees

APC Party don't av any good plans or any good agenda for dis con3. They re worst more than 16yrs of PDP. In 2023. They will present anoda evil President like Buhari. People like Hell Rufai and co. Evil set of leaders with evil plans. $1 is now 505. B4 2023 it will be 1200 per $1. Keeping money for their 10th Generation. Useless government. Everything is now times five in Nigeria. Useless government. Animal people will still campaign and vote for them come 2023. Bad APC Government.

What a man sows he shall reap.
The same man that protested with NLC in 2012, to disgrace the GEJ administration, is the same man insulting and threatening NLC.
APC and El-rufia are reaping all the evil fruit, lies and deceit they sowed 2015.

The fact is that Elrufai is popular oppressors of masses. From time immemorial, he always championed unpopular agenda ruthlessly. The labour union shouldn't have fought him because he is ruthless and has no regards to human right. He always won such fights. The labour union should have deployed more of negotiations than applying industrial actions. History and posterity will always remember as an oppressor of lower class.

Let's see how this will end.

Utter gibberish !

This shot man Devi forget soon soon

This does not change the fact that the hope of this country is only in God's hand this people will just continue taking us from frying pan to fire unless God intervene for us

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wonderr:
This does not change the fact that the hope of this country is only in God's hand this people will just continue taking us from frying pan to fire unless God intervene for us

Waiting on God to intervene on Nigeria is what got us to where we are as a nation today..

Instead of using your God given brain to find solutions to our problems..

We prefer to not bother our brains but instead wait for God to come down and sort out the mess we made of the country..

The Germans,Chinese,Swedes,Americans,English,Danish,French and Canadians..

Have they also been waiting on God..

Before they moved their nations forward?

Only the LAZY and MENTALLY CHALLENGED..

Sits around..

Prays and waits for God to come down and solve his problems for him..

Hmm...there is more that is needed.

There needs be a plan that is sustainable before all this trial and error approach.

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stephanie11:
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Trash pandering journalism

Southwest media propaganda s always, for sale to the highest bidder . Zero truth all propaganda

This is one of the worst attempt in laundering an already damaged image, you just wake up one morning and start sacking people simply because you failed as a governor, what happened to being creative in order to generate IGR that is enough to carter for the needs of the state

Most of the governors are just figure heads they go to Abuja every month to do "bambiallah" in the name of monthly allocation and this has been their modus operandi....

You can not wake up one morning and suddenly decide you want to sack civil servants because you have failed as a governor, this is reason why Nigerians should stop voting on ethnic and religious sentiments during election.....

lilprinze:
What a man sows he shall reap.
The same man that protested with NLC in 2012, to disgrace the GEJ administration, is the same man insulting and threatening NLC.
APC and El-rufia are reaping all the evil fruit, lies and deceit they sowed 2015.

The election that brought El-Rufai into power in Kaduna was fuelled by religious sentiments rather than competence and the result is for everyone to see....

APC was never ready for governance at any level they were just interested in wrestling power without any concrete plan to do anything meaningful, well the people of Kaduna brought this upon themselves they should enjoy it while it last, maybe this will teach them a lesson on how to vote for competence and not because of religious or ethnic affiliation....

stephanie11:
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Someone talking out of their ãrse, as usual

What's the main function of governement if not to enforce law & order to the extent citizens can go about their daily hustle unmolested by the deviants and psychos among us. Has ElRufai/Buhari even come close to achieving this?

Few people would need Nigerian government starvation wage if only they could safely move around and create wealth without fear of killer/kidnapper herdsmen, who have got a free licence to enslave everyone else since their kinsmen are in power

Nigerians want change but often are unwilling to make the sacrifices that it demands.

Every informed person understands the strategic importance of El Rufai's actions to the drive for development. The man is making the hard decisions and hopefully, it will reverberate through out the country and the federal civil service.

The civil service across the country is a canker worm that needs to be cleaned out and repositioned for effectiveness.

Until this is done, no government policy would achieve it's full mandate.

people like us cannot be fooled by a failed attempt to whitewash and launder the image and personality of Governor El Rufai. The man has continously showed is disregard to the cause of the common people and exhibit characters and attributes of a tyrant. But we the people will certainly overcome and prevail in due course despite the pains being inflicted daily on the people of Nigeria across the land. God help Naija.

The writer of this epistle didn't do justice to the issues on ground.

Nobody is complaining about the sacking of workers by hell rufai, but the way and manner he went about it is wrong.

Agreed, the civil service needs rightsizing but this can not be done illegally. You have to follow due process else it backfires. You don't solve illegality with illegality.

How could you sack without paying the sacked workers benefits that re due to them? And you want peace to reign.

Even the federal govt has told him to follow the law of redundancy.

Sometimes, our leaders have some brilliant ideas but go about it the wrong way making it seem oppressive

If sacking some of the civil servant will pave way for him to develop Kaduna, what plans does he have for the those sacked civil servant ? That has made him enemy of the masses

Every year they recruits into the state civil service, so who is fooling who ?

Grace001:
If sacking some of the civil servant will pave way for him to develop Kaduna, what plans does he have for the those sacked civil servant ? That has made him enemy of the masses

Every year they recruits into the state civil service, so who is fooling who ?

I just tire, on hand they shout about not being able to pay civil servants on the other hand they recruit every year, how do we reconcile this

So apt, comprehensive and convincing.

donbenie:
Waiting on God to intervene on Nigeria is what got us to where we are as a nation today..

Instead of using your God given brain to find solutions to our problems..

We prefer to not bother our brains but instead wait for God to come down and sort out the mess we made of the country..

The Germans,Chinese,Swedes,Americans,English,Danish,French,Canadians..

Have they also been waiting on God..

Before they moved their nations forward?

Only the LAZY and MENTALLY CHALLENGED..

Sits around,prays and waits for God to come down and solve his problems for him..

...Now pls help by using your God given brain to suggest a clear solution to the problem facing Nigeria ...and how it will be acheived without bloodshed.
Also help us by using your God given brain to remember that the North doesn't want restructuring (because the status quo favours them) and the Govs.too dont want a break out (because the status quo favours them too)...
Also remember that the govt is not very people friendly in terms of feedback when sharing your solutions .
Thanks as we await the recommendation from you ...