The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, in Nasarawa state commenced an
indefinite strike this morning
following the state government’s inability to meet their demands.
The workers had earlier given the state government up till May11, 2017 to meet
their demands or face an industrial action.
The state Secretary of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mohammed Naibi
said the strike became imperative after the expiration of the
ultimatum given to the state government.
In his words, 'In the past six
years, all the civil servants in the state
had stagnated with no promotion
and annual increment. Pensioners
were also not paid their full
entitlements as and when due; these are some of our grievances'.
The state government has however threatened to sanction workers who fail
to report to their duty posts. Thomas Ogiri, the state’s Head of
Service, called on workers to disregard the strike directive, saying the
NLC was in disarray.
He directed permanent secretaries and chief executives of commissions,
boards and parastatal, and agencies to
take attendance of their staff saying that failure to comply with the directive
would attract punishment while absenteeism would not be condoned.
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