Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, on Thursday, picketed the office building of the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in Abuja.

The labour union shut down the ministry for failing to obey a court judgement ordering the reinstatement of a staff member, Comrade Victor Ekpaha, who was said to have been unlawfully sacked 20 years ago.

The workers are demanding full payment of Ekpaha’s salaries, allowances and other benefits for the period of over 20 years that the case had lingered.

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