Members of Nigeria Labour Congress
Civil servants in Niger State, acting under the umbrella of the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday declared an indefinite strike over the failure of the government to meet their demands.
The congress in a letter to Governor Mohammed Bago, signed by the Chairman, Idrees Lafene, revealed that the strike would begin at 8am on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.
In the letter made available to newsmen on Tuesday, the servants said; “We are writing in furtherance to our earlier letter of ultimatum Ref no. OL/NS/040/GEN/Vol 4/29 dated 20/12/23 and the deadlock on settlement of issues as a result of negotiations with the Niger State Government Committee.
“We wish to formally inform the Government that effective 8am on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 that Niger State workers shall commence an indefinite strike action until our demands are comprehensively met.
“Meanwhile, we wish to reiterate that our doors are open for negotiation subject to : Conveyance of formal invitation, reversal of all appointments in dispute ie, Executive Directors Finance, Executive Directors Admin and Executive Directors Operations, Chairman, members and permanent commissioners of local Government Service Commission and Civil Service Commission, Directors General DGs of some agencies.
The civil servants, acting under the umbrella of the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, had presented some demands to the state government which the NLC said the state reneged upon.
