Tongues are wagging in Nasarawa State and beyond over the sacking of a female civil servant by Gov Tanko Almakura over comments she made on Facebook and Twitter.
The victim, Miss Ruqayyah Tijjani Usman of Nasarawa State Ministry of Justice got into hot water with Gov Almakura for her comments on the demonstration by a section of civil servants against the just suspended strike action and the state government's handling of the Lassa fever outbreak in the state which cost the life of a health worker at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia.
Her appointment was terminated with effect from February 25, 2016.
In the offending Facebook post, Ruqayyah wrote about what she described as anti-labour “stage managed” protest organised across the state by the Almakura government.
“I can see some political thugs protesting and not professionals; are we going down this way? I weep for my state,” she wrote.
She also went on Twitter to criticize the government's handling of the Lassa fever outbreak in the state.
Reports have it that the governor invited Ruqqaiyat to his office where he personally assured her of her dismissal from service.
Expectedly, labor and rights activists are now raising dust over the sacking with the Nasarawa State Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdullahi Adeka, saying that if Monday's meeting between the leadership of trade unions and the state Attorney- General and Commissioner for Justice fails to reverse the sacking within 24 hours, they would be forced to shut down the state in a fresh strike action.
The NLC said that the sacking contravened the principle of non victimization of workers on matters of industrial action.
As Ruqayyah told one of her followers on Twitter, see the post that cost her her job, plus images of the sack letter etc.
@Ayourb hmmm see the posts dt cost me my job..pls wat did i say wrong? https://t.co/4fzDGSRzUw
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