The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) workers, today, begin a 7-day warning strike.
Ejor Michael, Spokesperson of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) disclosed this on Thursday to newsmen.
According to him, the strike which began on Thursday is aimed at driving home the workers’ demand for the immediate payment of promotion arrears for 2018 and 2019.
He said that the workers are emanding a review of the job-specific allowance and resumption of the payment severance fee.
In addition, NAFDAC workers are demanding the payment of the backlog of unpaid staff financial claims, poor work environment, staff bus to ease transportation difficulties and removal of discriminatory payment of covid19 palliative.
Statement by the workers:
“The union is demanding for the payment of promotion arrears for 2018 and 2019 promotions owed their members (NAFDAC staff).
“More worrisome is that 2020 promoted staff will soon join the queue. This request has lingered for too long hence the strike action.
“Job specific allowance paid to staff of NAFDAC has not been reviewed for the past 10 years or so. Usually, every allowance increases correspondingly with an increase in salary. But unfortunately, this has not been so with regard to the Job Specific Allowance.
“The union is therefore demanding for a review of the said Job Specific Allowance in line with the current National Minimum Wage Rate.
“The union frowns at the suspension of Severance Allowance being paid to retirees despite the fact that this allowance has been approved by NAFDAC Governing Council and is contained on the Condition of Service for NAFDAC staff. The union leadership is demanding for the immediate resumption of payment of this allowance to deserving beneficiaries.”
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