Strike: Federal workers give FG 7-day ultimatum to keep agreement
- The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, (ASCSN) has said that it will embark on an industrial action
- The ASCSN said that it will make the move since the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has breached the agreement they reached in August, 2018
- The association said that it has given NAICOM a seven-day ultimatum to fulfill its part of the agreement
Senior civil servants in Nigeria on the platform of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) have said that they will go on strike following alleged violation of public service rules and non-implementation of agreements reached with the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM).
ASCSN said that some of the terms of agreement signed at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in August, 2018 included activation of the NAICOM portal, better recognition of other officers apart from the senior manager and the release of fuel and diesel allowances, Vanguard reports.
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The promotion exercise for 2018, condition of service for NAICOM staff and non-victimization of workers due to the strike were also parts of the agreement.
The association said that it will go on an industrial action, if the commission fails to the meet the stated conditions in seven days.
ASCSN, through its secretary-general, Isaac Ojemhenke, in a letter said: “We are constrained to inform you that at a meeting of the ASCSN members which was held in Abuja on the 24th June, 2019, it was unanimously agreed that the management of the National Insurance Commission should be issued a 7 day ultimatum for it to implement all agreements it had reached with the union and also comply with the provisions of other relevant public service rules on the issues in perspective following which an industrial action will be kick-started in the commission.
“It is necessary to state that ASCSN wishes to be absolved of blames when the strike action commences as a result of the failure of the management to meet the union’s demands within the seven days window opened for it to do the needful.
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“It is also necessary to inform you that this letter has been endorsed to the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, the director general, Department of State Security, the Inspector General of Police, Nigeria Police Force and the chairman governing board, National Insurance Commission for their information and necessary action.
“We are sad to observe that after about two years, when the initial agreement was signed i.e. the 26th of September, 2017, the management of the commission has blatantly refused to implement the terms of the agreement in spite of several appeals made to it by relevant stakeholders, including the union."
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University chapter, on Wednesday, April 3, resumed indefinite strike to press home its demands.
The union had embarked on a strike in 2018 but suspended it when the Taraba government promised to meet its demands which included the payment of earned academic allowances from 2014 till date, and the provision of required infrastructure to enhance teaching and learning.
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