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Private sector threatens sanctions as NLC insists on day-3 of strike

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The Organised Private Sector, OPS, has threatened to sanction any worker in the private sector that fails to report for duty during the ongoing strike action called by a faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.
This was stated by the umbrella body of private sector employers, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, adding that the “no work, no pay” rule would be applied.
This is even as the Ayuba Wabba faction of the NLC has insisted that it will go ahead with the strike action even if it has to go it alone, adding that they are not bothered about the lukewarm attitude of Nigerians.
NECA, in a statement by its Director General, Mr Olusegun Oshinowo, on Thursday in Lagos, said it is in the interest of both the employer and workers to ensure that the business survives since their wages are not dependent on government’s allocation, adding that any person or groups involved in the strike would endanger his or her job and income.
 
“Beyond applying the law of ‘no work, no pay,’ employers will take exception to any employee that had failed to report for work as from Wednesday,” the statement said.
NECA also appealed to the government and heads of security agencies to provide adequate security for workers so that they can go to their places of work.
The employers association also said it was in support of government’s action, as the deregulation policy was a crucial step in the resolution of the perennial dependence of Nigeria on imported petroleum products.
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