Labour Threatens Strike Over Alleged Victimisation Of Workers

Akwa Ibom State subdivision of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to embark connected onslaught successful solidarity with 4 workers of the State Assembly Service Commission (ASC), demobilised to roam successful the main civilian work without due postings implicit allegation of workplace diabolism.

Besides, the NLC said the projected onslaught became indispensable to property for the implementation of the N32,000 currency summation to each pensioners arsenic directed by the National Income and Wages Commission (NIWC), which the authorities has refused to pay.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the determination to edifice to onslaught expected to commence from Monday, September 14, 2025, barring past minutes intervention, was reached during the 3rd Quarter Meeting of the State Executive Council (SEC) astatine the Workers’ Solidarity Centre (WSC), Atan Offot, Uyo, the authorities capital.

The communique astatine the extremity of the gathering signed by the authorities NLC chairman, Comrade Sunny James, and made disposable to our Correspondent connected Wednesday, frowned astatine alleged government’s insensitivity to the plights of the affected workers and pensioners.

The communique explains that the onslaught became the past edifice “following the disagreement and the inability to scope amicable resolutions successful meetings connected matters affecting the 4 unit posted from the Assembly Service Commission to the Civil Service Commission without pursuing the laid-down procedures arsenic stated successful the Public Service Rules, Assembly Service Commission Staff Handbook, ILO Service Document, the 1999 Constitution arsenic amended, etc.

guiding specified postings.

“Also, the refusal to instrumentality the N32,000, arsenic directive from the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NIWA) circular of September 27, 2024, for summation to each pensioners arsenic agreed and recommended to His Excellency aft the 2024 minimum wage agreement.

“In presumption of the fore-going therefore, the State Executive Council (SEC) of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Akwa Ibom State Council met to deliberate connected the matters and marque the pursuing observations and resolutions:

“That connected the House of Assembly, wrongful postings, the Council rejects the postings from the Assembly Service Commission to the Civil Service Commission by the Head of Civil Service without immoderate regards to the Public Service Rules, different laws and the enactment of the Assembly Service Commission.

“That the posted workers were rejected by the caller MDAs thereby making them to beryllium re-posted to 4 antithetic MDAs betwixt 2023 to 2025 due to the fact that they had nary request of specified manpower and not adjacent successful effect to an advertised vacancies arsenic stated successful the rules.

“That it was incorrect to station retired 4 unit and the wage constituent of 1 of them was retained successful the Assembly analyzable for different 1 twelvemonth till status successful 2024, thereby creating country for discriminatory actions successful the Service.

“That the Assembly Service Commission who understood that the workers are their own, had to invitation them for the 2024 Promotion Interview arsenic evidenced successful the unit promotion letters of September 09, 2024 since the caller MDAs had nary powerfulness to behaviour specified work incentives of workers.

That the lame excuse beforehand by the authorities representatives labeling the affected workers arsenic being diabolic astatine the spot of enactment is not lone insulting but wholly unacceptable.

That the remaining 3 workers roaming successful the State Service beryllium returned instantly to the Assembly Service Commission wherever their work records beryllium successful bid not to beryllium shortcharged particularly successful retirement.

“The Council observed that the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission Chairman’s directives that the sum of Thirty-two Thousand Naira (N32,000) crossed committee beryllium added to each Pensioners arsenic a effect of the 2024 Minimum Wage increment done a Circular dated September 27, 2024.

“That the State Minimum Wage and Verification Committee adopted the circular and recommended aforesaid to His Excellency aft the negotiations arsenic could beryllium seen successful the agreement.

“That His Excellency had further directed the Verification Committee to ascertain the nonstop fig of Pensioners successful the State whose enactment was completed successful that regards since April, 2025.

“That Council is saddened arsenic thing is being heard since past contempt NLC appeals and letters dated August 01, 2025 and August 28, 2025 connected the subject,” the communique read.

Consequently, the NLC directed each affiliates to statesman the mobilisation of members and pensioners to a wide protestation connected Monday, September 15, 2025 signaling the opening of the work withdrawal successful the full state.