The Medical and Health Workers Union chapter of National Agency for
Food Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has commenced indefinite
strike.
The Union said they are embarking on the industrial action to push
for improved welfare package and for the management of the agency to
implement an agreement reached on welfare package in 2013.
Addressing members on Friday, Vice President of the Union, Idu Isua,
disclosed that both the management and the union signed an agreement to
review its welfare package in 2013 but the terms of agreement are yet to
be complied with.
Isua said,
“we 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.
“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 said the union had complained to the Ministry of Health and NAFDAC management, “but up till today, nothing has been done.”“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,” Isua added.