The retired workers of Nigerian Railway Corporation, under the aegis of Railway Senior Citizens, Kano chapter, has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission over plan by the Management of the Corporation and the North Eastern and Northern Railway District Managers to sell their monetized quarters while the case is still pending at the Appeal Court in Lagos.
In the petition dated 10th November 2022 and signed by the Chairman and Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Railway Senior Citizens, Kano chapter, Tasiu A. Gumel and Kabiru Mohammed Kuta respectively, alleged that the evil plan was being orchestrated in connivance with the President Generals of their two house unions.
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The copy of the petition which was made available to Punch in Kano, recalled that the group had on 18th March 2022, raised similar alarm over the evil plan, but nothing was done to address the situation.
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“We are therefore, compelled to write this petition to NHRC so that it will come to our rescue from the evil plan of the Management of RDM and NRC District Managers to respect the rule of law and restraint from selling the property pending the outcome of the ongoing case at the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos.
“The RDM Northeastern district, Aliyu Mainasara is no longer SSA PG and neither is he the RDM northern district, so why is he interested in sending us packing.
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“We also request the Court to issue a restraining order to both the management Mainasara pending the determination of the court case at the Appeal Court.
“We don’t know why they want to sell our quarters while both the RDM and the two district managers are still holding onto their quarters,” the petitioner added.
