Workers at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control have embarked on a nationwide indefinite strike over unresolved wage structure and unpaid
allowances from the Federal Government.
allowances from the Federal Government.
The Chairman, Medical and Health
Workers Union of Nigeria, Federal Area Council, Comrade Stephen Ibeh, led the protest at the NAFDAC premises in Lagos on Monday.
Workers Union of Nigeria, Federal Area Council, Comrade Stephen Ibeh, led the protest at the NAFDAC premises in Lagos on Monday.
Ibeh directed all NAFDAC officials in all the agency’s offices across the country to vacate their duty posts and comply with the strike action immediately.
He said that the Federal Government’s
reluctance in converting NAFDAC officials from the Consolidated Researchers and Allied Workers Salary Structure to Consolidated Health Workers Salary Structure as the major reason for the strike.
reluctance in converting NAFDAC officials from the Consolidated Researchers and Allied Workers Salary Structure to Consolidated Health Workers Salary Structure as the major reason for the strike.
Their other demands include non-payment of allowances such as, productivity, promotion and 13th month.
They also asked for the stoppage of promoting those on level 9 to 11 ahead of those on level 10, which has become the norm for health workers under the Federal Ministry of Health.
“This strike action will continue indefinitely until all demands are met. The Joint Health Sector Union strike should be separated from NAFDAC workers strike which will continue indefinitely until all demands are met,”
Ibeh said all efforts to negotiate with the National Salaries and Wages Commission over the haphazard wage structure have failed to yield any fruitful result hence the strike.
The Chairman, Medical and Health
Workers Union, NAFDAC Chapter, Mr. Ibrahim Attai- Isah, called on the
NAFDAC management to negotiate on behalf of the workers with the Federal Government in paying their allowances which he claimed had been held back for years
Workers Union, NAFDAC Chapter, Mr. Ibrahim Attai- Isah, called on the
NAFDAC management to negotiate on behalf of the workers with the Federal Government in paying their allowances which he claimed had been held back for years
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