El-Rufai Sacks All Nurses In Kaduna

• Following the ongoing strike and protest in kaduna State by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, with the aim of making the Governor rescind the recent mass sack of workers.
  Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, sacked all nurses below level 14 under the State government.

This was contained in a press statement issued by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye.

Recall that the Governor had reportedly accused some health workers of working with the NLC to shut down some hospitals.

According to the statement, “Apart from referring the nurses involved to the Ministry of Justice to initiate prosecution, the government also announced the dismissal of all nurses below Grade Level 14 for the illegal strike.”

“The Ministry of Health has been directed to advertise vacancies for the immediate recruitment of new nurses to replace those dismissed.

“The government has directed all its Ministries, Departments and Agencies to submit their attendance registers to the Head of Service while Kaduna State University should submit same to the Secretary to the State Government and the Commissioner of Education.”