NAFDAC staff join bandwagon, down tools indefinitely
NAFDAC staff join bandwagon, down tools indefinitely
The Medical and Health Workers Union chapter of National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday announced commencement of an indefinite strike over poor welfare package.
The union said the strike was meant to push for an improve welfare as well as ensure that the management of the agency implemented an agreement it reached with the union on welfare package in 2013.
The vice president of the union, Idu Isua, who made this known on Friday, explained that the union and the management had resolved that “funds be drawn from our Internally Generated Revenue to finance the upward reviewed package of staff but to our greatest surprise, nothing was done since then.”
Speaking further he said, “When we came on board as union in 2013, we took a look at the allowances of staff and discovered it was low compared with other agencies that we enjoy same salary scale with.”
Isua regretted that after the union complained to the Ministry of Health and NAFDAC management, that up till date “nothing has been done”.
Isua regretted that after the union complained to the Ministry of Health and NAFDAC management, that up till date “nothing has been done”.
He added, “The strike was not a fresh one because we took same action two years ago and last year and based on agreement reached, the strike was suspended. However, nothing was done on our salary review up till now.”
The strike came just as Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) on Thursday embarked on strike over alleged inability of the Federal Government to meet their demands.
The period is apparently a season of strikes as the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD); Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU); United Labour Congress (ULC) recently called of their different strike actions.
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