A ranan litinin 2 disamba 2024, Ma’aikata a jihohi huɗu na Najeriya sun fara yajin aikin gargadi na mako guda domin neman aiwatar da sabon mafi karancin albashi na N70,000. Jihohin da aka shafa sun hada da Kaduna, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, da Cross River.
Yajin aikin ya samo asali ne daga gaza aiwatar da sabon tsarin karin albashi da gwamnatin jihohi ta yi alkawarin bayarwa. Kungiyoyin ƙwadago sun bayyana cewa yajin aikin ya zama dole saboda:
Gwamnatocin jihohi ba su cika alkawuran da suka ɗauka ba na bayar da karin albashi.
Ofisoshin gwamnati a jihohin da suka tafi yajin aikin suna rufe, ciki har da majalisar dokoki da kotuna.
Gwamnan jihar Ebonyi, Francis Nwifuru, ya yi barazanar sallamar duk wani ma’aikaci da ya shiga yajin aikin cikin sa’o’i 72, yana mai nuna cewa wannan matakin na yajin aiki ba zai yarda ba.
A Kaduna, ofisoshin gwamnati da suka hada da sakatariyar jiha da kotuna sun kasance a rufe bisa ga umarnin kungiyar ƙwadago. A Nasarawa, shugaban NLC, Ismaila Okoh, ya bayyana cewa duk da alkawarin biyan N70,500 daga gwamnati, ba a cimma wata yarjejeniya a rubuce ba.
A jihar Cross River, ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago sun yi watsi da sanarwar biyan N70,000 na mafi karancin albashi, suna ci gaba da yajin aikin. A Calabar, babban birnin jihar, ofisoshin gwamnati suna rufe yayin da ‘yan ƙwadago ke shirin tattaunawa kan yanke shawarar ko za a tsawaita yajin aikin.
Kungiyoyin ƙwadago sun bayyana cewa matakin yajin aikin na nuni da aniyarsu ta tilastawa gwamnati biyan hakkokin ma’aikata da cika alkawuran da suka ɗauka. Wannan yajin aiki na da matukar tasiri kan harkokin gwamnati da kuma rayuwar al’umma a jihohin da aka shafa.