Kaduna state chapter of Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on the state government to shelve its plan to organise demonstration to drum up support for the government over the planned sack of over 21,000 primary school teachers.
A statement by the state chairman of CNPP, Umar Farouk Ibrahim says, “We gathered from a reliable source that, there is a planned demonstration to drum up support for the state government. According to the plan, each of the 23 Local Government Councils of the state would mobilize 30 buses of political thugs to the state capital on Monday November 13, 2017,”
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“The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) wishes to remind the state government of its existing ban on all sort of public processions and demonstrations in order to enjoy lasting peace in the state. It is unfortunate and disheartening that the state government is playing to the gallery of its detractors on this ill-advised action. We therefore call on the state government to shelve this planned demonstration and heed to security advice,” he said.
He recalled the massive protest organised by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) among others last week in Kaduna; saying it was almost hijacked by sponsored hoodlums, “If not for the prompt intervention of the security forces, there would have been breakdown of law and order.”
“It is unfortunate and disheartening that while the state government is arranging to secure foreign loans for its projects and Local Governments could hardly pay salaries, funds available to the government are being misused to sponsor thugs for this ill-advised demonstration.”
He therefore called on the governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai to prevail on the masterminds of the planned demonstration to immediately stay action; saying, government has enough civil ways of engaging relevant stakeholders and citizens on the best way forward.
He also urged parents and the people of Kaduna state not to allow their wards be used as tools in the hands of enemies of the state.
