Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State must rescind his decision to disengage 20,000 teachers in the service of the state government or face mass action from the Congress.

Ayuba Wabba, President of NLC handed down the warning on Wednesday in Kaduna when he led thousands of workers in the state on a protest against the sack of the teachers who allegedly failed a Primary Four examination given t them as part of a competency test.

Despite the ban on street protest in Kaduna State, the workers were seen in great numbers carrying placards with various inscriptions on major roads in the metropolis, causing traffic gridlock.

They also marched to the Kaduna State House of Assembly complex to lodge their complaints with the lawmakers.

At state NLC secretariat located along Independence way in the state capital, the workers insisted that the Kaduna State Government should not sack the teachers for failing to pass the competency test administered on them sometime in June this year.

They argued that government has no constitutional powers to organise such examination for teachers, saying only the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has the mandate to do so.

The workers have therefore given the state government two weeks to cancel the planned dismissal of teachers, or they will embark on an indefinite strike.

Addressing the workers, Waba assured them that the leadership of the NLC will support them and ensure that they get what they deserved from the state government.