NLC Nasarawa Calls Off Industrial Action

The two month old industrial action in Nasarawa state,has been called off.It was announced by the Secretary of Nasarawa State Chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). He disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia.

Mr Ahmed Naibi, who is the secretary, said the suspension of the strike followed the commitment made by the state government to the union at a meeting on Monday 17/07/2017.
That the strike was called off because  the state government has agreed to pay all the outstanding salaries as well as to release all outstanding promotion to all workers.

Also,that the government has made commitment to pay the salary arrears of February, March, April, May and June 2017 in addition to the three months salary arrears of 2016.

“We all agreed that all arrears of our salaries would be paid 100 per cent and no worker would be victimised for participating in the strike.We are also meeting Tuesday to discuss on how to monitor other demands of the workers that are yet to be met by the government.”
He  expressed gratitude to all workers for supporting the two months old strike,and called on them to resume work.
It will be recalled that NLC Nasarawa embarked on industrial action since May 12, 2017.