From Abel Leonard, Lafia
The Nasarawa State governor, Engr. Abdullahi Alhaji Sule has threaten to enforce the no-work-no-pay policy on civil servants as a result of the striking action embarked upon by the state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday 15 June, 2021.
This was part of the resolutions taken at an emergency expanded security meeting, which held at the Government House, on Tuesday.
According to the statement issued at the end of the meeting, signed by Barrister Mohammed Ubandoma Aliyu, Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa State, while government recognises the right of workers in the state to embark on strike, it however enjoins the organized labour to carry out its activities within the confines of the law.
The emergency meeting was however, convened at the instance of Governor Abdullahi Sule, aimed at resolving plight of the striking workers adding that the state government expressed dismay over the indefinite strike action embarked upon by the state labour unions as well as the picketing of offices, thereby depriving workers from gaining access to their offices.
The statement added that the state government has directed permanent secretaries at the various ministries, departments and agencies, to open attendance registers, with a view to actualising the no-work-no-pay policy.
Gov. Sule further directed security agencies to deploy its personnel to take position in all MDAs, with a view to restoring law and order, adding that the government will also seek legal interpretation of the strike action embarked upon by the organized labour at the law court.
Gov. Sule also expressed his desire to continue dialogue with the organized labour in the state while calling on the people of the state, to remain law abiding, even as the government, commended members of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), for their refusal to join the ongoing strike action.
Recall that the Daybreak news reports that the Nasarawa state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress had embarked on an indefinite Strike which commenced on Tuesday, 15 June, 2021.
