NLC/TUC, Gov Al-Makura in face-off over 50% salary cut

Labour Unions in Nasarawa State on Friday embarked on an indefinite strike over Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura’s insistence to cut workers’ salaries by 50 per cent.

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.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) chairman, Comrade Abdullahi Adeka and Trade Union Congress (TUC) chairman, Danladi Namo gave the notice of strike while speaking to newsmen at the Labour House in Lafia, the state capital.

They said that they were left with no option than to embark on an indefinite strike after the state government insisted to cut salaries of workers’ by 50 per cent.

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“We staged a peaceful protest to the government house on Monday July 4, where we made it clear that if the government did not reverse its decision to cut our salaries, we would embark on strike.

“We told the deputy governor, Mr. 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 returns and maintain the status-quo,” Adeka said.
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