NAFDAC workers vow to continue strike

The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), NAFDAC Branch, has vowed to continue its ongoing strike action till their demands are met.

In an interview with NAN on Saturday in Kaduna, the Chairman of the chapter, Adetoboye Ayodeji, said it is left for the agency’s management to call the union for negotiation in order to see actionable evidence that things would be done appropriately.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that workers of the agency began an indefinite strike on Oct. 7, to demand the review of the 2024 promotion examinations.
The strike was also to address the allegations that the majority of the staff were not promoted as a result of the purported “vacancy slot” from the Head of Service, even when they all qualified to be promoted.

Ayodeji also claimed that some statutory arrears and other benefits were not paid to some of the staff employed by the agency in 2022.

He explained that the unions had earlier signed an agreement with the government and NAFDAC management in 2022 bordering on the workers’ condition of service which ought to have been finalised.

“The issues in the agreement were supposed to be settled in December 2022 but to date, none of the agreements have been complied with.

“Allowances that are supposed to be approved on or before December 2022 have not been approved, the condition of service could not be approved,” he lamented.

Ayodeji said the union had written several letters to the NAFDAC management regarding the concerns without adequate response.

He also alleged that m in 2024, the agency did promotion examinations with many of the staff who passed the examinations not promoted.

He added that the management’s claim was due to a lack of vacancies.

Source :Vanguard