Organised labour in Nasarawa State has declared an indefinite strike over the state government’s decision to cut workers’ salaries by 50 per cent.
While addressing newsmen on Friday at the Labour House in Lafia, Comrade Abdullahi Adeka, Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in the state; and Danladi Namo, Trade Union Congress, TUC, Chairman, disclosed that the state government’s reluctance to reverse its decision has left them no choice but to declared indefinitely industrial action.
However, Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura had also declared there was no going back on his administration’s decision to cut down salaries of its workers.
“We staged a peaceful protest to the government house on Monday 4, where we made it clear that if by the government did not reverse its decision to cut our salaries would embark on strike.
“We told the Deputy Governor, Silas Agara who came and received our petition on behalf of the Governor that at the close of work on Monday, government must reverse the workers unfriendly decision or face strike.
“Since the government remains adamant, the unions would use its only weapon which is strike to press home its demands until the government return and maintain the status-quo,” Adeka told journalists on Friday.
Namo also echoed Adeka’s thought on the issue at hand when he addressed newsmen.
