NIPOST Workers To Embark On Strike Over ‘Desertion’ By FG

• NIPOST workers are set to embark on strike.

• The workers took to the street to protest on Friday.

• They allege that several staff members of the service have not been receiving any form of capital funding.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that workers of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) are set to embark on industrial action from Monday, January 30th over alleged abandonment by the Federal Government.

The General Secretary of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies, Ayo Olorunfemi, made this known to reporters during a protest in Abuja on Friday.

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Olorunfemi said several staff members of the service have not been receiving any form of capital funding from Federal Government in the last 15 years.

He, therefore, urged the Federal Government to urgently intervene before the industrial action commences on Monday, stressing that the industrial action is targeted solely at actualising a much-needed reform process.

Olorunfemi also asked the government to beam its search light on the finances of the agency.

He said: “All we are saying is this: Reform must be open; [it] must be clear. Our fear must be addressed and the reform must be in the overall interest of Nigeria. Any reform that is targeting some individuals will not be accepted.

“Therefore, this is another process. We have been going on strike and they have been talking to us to suspend them.

“We expect a suspension of the process. Let the next government come and follow due process in ensuring that we have a sustainable reform procedure.

“We’re expecting that a percentage, even if it is not more than two per cent of that fund, be released to NIPOST for infrastructure and the welfare of staff.

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“Immediately the so-called Finance Bill was passed into law, the money was packed away. One naira has not been given to NIPOST and NIPOST is not on any capital budget of the Federal Government.”

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