The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Zamfara Chapter, said that the union would embark on a total strike on Monday following the expiration of a three-week ultimatum given to the state government by the association.
NLC had given the state government three weeks ultimatum to fix the problems of workers in the state.
Parts of the workers concerns with the state government include the non implementation of workers annual increments, promotion and the non-payment of 1, 400 newly recruited staff recruited more than over three years ago.
Other issues according to the NLC, is that refusal of the government to sanction minimum wage for local government staff and primary school teachers as well as non- payment of pensioners’ gratuities.
Prof. Abdullahi Shinkafi has however come out to say the union have been having consultations with the government officials, led by the Secretary to the State Government.
He said that the government had failed to meet up with any of the agreement reached between the workers and the state government.
“Therefore, we are starting the strike tomorrow, Monday as announced three weeks ago.
“We have already announced that all the representatives of the NLC affiliated unions should meet tomorrow at NLC Secretariat by 10.00 am to mark the commencement of the strike”, he said.
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