It also accused the government of repeatedly flouting court orders, all the while, demanding strict adherence to judicial rulings from other institutions.
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The NSA said in a statement that investigation had since commenced on the matter.
Ribadu equally expressed concern over the ongoing industrial action by the Trade Union Congress and Nigeria Labour Congress.
He also condemned the attack on NLC president, Joe Ajaero in Owerri on November 1.
This was contained In a statement in Abuja by Zakari Mijinyawa, Head, Strategic Communication, Office of the National Security Adviser.
The Chairman, UNIBEN CONUA, Ishaq Osagie-Eweka, while speaking with newsmen in Benin, described the strike as a one-man decision.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reports that government offices in Jalingo were fully operational as civil servants reported for duty.
The Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress had on November 13, directed all affiliates to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike.
The News Agency of Nigeria observed that students from various public primary and secondary schools were seen on the roads and streets, heading back home.
NLC, TUC to embark on nationwide strike from midnight
The National Vice-President of the TUC, Tommy Etim, made this known in an interview on Tuesday afternoon.
The declaration of strike was announced on Friday at a press briefing by the union leaders..
This followed his brutalisation on Wednesday in Owerri, the Imo State capital, during a pre-strike meeting.
Governor Uzodimma spoke with State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday.
The Head of Information, NLC, Benson Upah, said Ajaero was picked up at the state secretariat of the congress and taken to an unknown location.
Joe Ajaero, NLC President said this at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called for an urgent stabilisation of the Naira.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, of violating the agreement it reached with the Federal Government.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Chairman, Committee on Employment , Labour and Productivity, Diket Plang.
The Organized Labour industrial action is scheduled to begin, Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
Accordingly, among other agreements, NLC and TUC agreed to consider these offers by the Federal Government with a view to suspending the strike action scheduled to commence on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Shortly following the statement by the Honourable Minister, the Chief of Staff to President Asiwaju Tinubu, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila announced that the Government has reviewed upward the proposed additional payment to federal government employees from N25,000 to N35,000. Certainly, this may have been necessitated by demands from labour leaders who were early reported to have rejected the N25,000 offer made by President Asiwaju Tinubu.
In a last ditch effort to stave off the planned nationwide strike, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has invited Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) for another emergency meeting at the Presidential Villa.