The organised labour in Katsina State, on Monday, raised the alarm that nobody was safe in the state again.
It consequently challenged the incoming government in the state to accord security top priority and ensure the safety of residents’ lives and property.
The organised labour said this in Katsina in its welcome address at the celebration of the 2023 Workers’ Day, also known as May Day celebration .
The address was delivered by the chairman of the state chapter of Trade Union Congress, Muntari Ruma.
He said, “The issue of insecurity is another matter of serious concern. Except politicians who are heavily guarded, no one is safe anymore. Whether you are at home or you are at your workplace, the market, worship centre or even walking in the streets. Kidnappers in the northwestern part of the country continue to render women and children widows, fatherless and homeless. Many people have been displaced. It is safe to say that (these are) the challenges the new administration will inherit.”
The organised labour observed that though the state government along with security operatives were doing their best to curb the insecurity, more still needed to be done to ensure safety of people.
It added, “We urge the incoming administration to take the issue of insecurity with all the seriousness it requires as widely manifested in their campaign to end the menace.”
Governor Aminu Masari, who was represented at the occasion by his special adviser on labour matters, Tanimu Saulawa, in his remarks maintained that workers in the state contributed a lot to the success of his administration.
He lauded the workers for their patriotism and urged them to extend same hands of cooperation to the in-coming government.
Highlights of the celebration included parade by virtually all the affiliated unions of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the state and donation of a cow to Governor Masari by members of the state chapter of the Amalgamated Unions of Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria.
