The organised labour unions in Nasarawa state, have directed state and local government workers to disregard the threat by the state governor, Tanko Al-Makura to sack any worker who did not resume work on Monday, July 11.
The leaders of the workers unions in a statement issued on Sunday, July 10, in Lafia said: “The strike we started on July 4 is indefinite; disregard the call by the government to resume work on Monday, July 11”.
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The statement was jointly signed by the chairman of the state’s chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Abubakar Adeka, and the chairman of the Trade Union Congress, Danladi Sabo-Namo.
The workers embarked on indefinite strike on July 4, to protest the decision of the government to cut down their salaries by 50 per cent.
Onn July 9, Al-makura threatened to replace the striking workers with freshly recruited graduates, if they failed to return to work on Monday.
The statement advised the workers to remain at home while efforts were being made by organised labour unions to protect their rights.“We are fighting to protect the rights of the workers and shall not relent until such rights are restored,” the statement added. It said that workers were law abiding citizens and would continue to be so in the interest of peace and development of the state and the country.
Governor Al-Makura had earlier talked about the slash in civil servants’salary in his speech while flagging off the sale of 150 metric tons of fertilisers, which was subsidised by the government to farmers in the state.
The Nasarawa state governor appealed to the striking workers to return to work and suspend their strike “in the interest of the state.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the civil servants began the strike in protest against the announcement by the state government to slash the salaries of public officers and civil servants by 50 per cent across board.
Onn July 9, Al-makura threatened to replace the striking workers with freshly recruited graduates, if they failed to return to work on Monday.
The statement advised the workers to remain at home while efforts were being made by organised labour unions to protect their rights.“We are fighting to protect the rights of the workers and shall not relent until such rights are restored,” the statement added. It said that workers were law abiding citizens and would continue to be so in the interest of peace and development of the state and the country.
Governor Al-Makura had earlier talked about the slash in civil servants’salary in his speech while flagging off the sale of 150 metric tons of fertilisers, which was subsidised by the government to farmers in the state.
The Nasarawa state governor appealed to the striking workers to return to work and suspend their strike “in the interest of the state.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the civil servants began the strike in protest against the announcement by the state government to slash the salaries of public officers and civil servants by 50 per cent across board.
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