Nasarawa organized labour suspends indefinite strike
The organized labour in Nasarawa State has suspended its two months old strike after reaching Understanding with the state government.
The Secretary of Nasarawa State Chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ahmed Naibi disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Lafia the state capital.
According to the Secretary, the suspension of the strike followed the commitment made by the state government at the meeting held with the union last Monday.
He said that the government has agreed to pay all the outstanding salaries and promotion to workers.
He added 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 percent and no worker would be victimized for participating in the strike,” he added.
Accordingly, the state working committee of the organized labour will meeting to discuss on how to monitor other demands that were yet to be met.
While calling on workers in the state to resume work immediately, the Secretary expressed gratitude to all workers for supporting the strike that lasted for over two months.
The Daily Times reports that the union had embarked on an indefinite strike since May 12, 2017 over six months’ salary arrears, promotion and annual increments for six years among others.
