The federal government of Nigeria has implored labour unions in the country not to go ahead with its planned strike for Wednesday, 18th May 2016.

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION

PRESS RELEASE

PROPOSED INDEFINITE STRIKE ACTION BY THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS

The attention of all Public Officers is drawn to the notice issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on an indefinite strike from Wednesday, 18th May, 2016.

This notice is regrettably given in spite of an Order by the Industrial Court against the strike action.

Government, therefore, calls upon and advises all workers to respect the laws of the land and to desist from participating in an illegal strike action.

Government undertakes to guarantee the safety of workers and their work places, and expects that normal work will continue in the interest of the nation.

Accordingly, security agencies have been directed to ensure unimpeded access to offices, work places and markets. Acts of intimidation, harassment, including barricading of gates, locking up of offices, blocking of roads and preventing workers from carrying out their lawful duties will be met with appropriate response by the law enforcement agencies.

All workers, whether in public or private sector are further reminded of the Trade Dispute Act, 2004, which provides that ‘where any worker takes part in a strike, he shall not be entitled to any wages or remuneration for the period of the strike and any such period shall not count for the purpose of reckoning the period of continuous employment and all rights dependent on continuity of employment shall be prejudicially affected accordingly’.

Accordingly, all Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Government Agencies are hereby directed to invoke the provision of ‘no work no pay’ in respect of any staff who absents him or herself from work to join the strike action.

Attendance registers are required to be opened in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

Engineer Babachir David Lawal

Secretary to the Government of the Federation

Source:- http://www.bamsforum.com/presidency-issues-statement-nlcs-nationwide-strike-full-text.html/

NLC is losing the battle already...

There have been a lot of good reasons NLC should have gone on strike for......

Very good! Make i baff de go work jor

talktonase:
NLC is losing the battle already...

in your mind ba

Banks, Financial institutions and Insurance union are dispatching memos to all to join the strike and you are here masturbating.

why must we pay for the foolish leadership of the elite.

what is wrong with building refinaries between now and 2019. and then remove it.

I ask you why must the poor pay?

we begged national assembly to reduce their pay, did they agree.

abeg face front

Built2last:


in your mind ba

Banks, Financial institutions and Insurance union are dispatching memos to all to join the strike and you are here masturbating.

why must we pay for the foolish leadership of the elite.

what is wrong with building refinaries between now and 2019. and then remove it.

I ask you why must the poor pay?

we begged national assembly to reduce their pay, did they agree.

abeg face front

Bros you dey vex ooo...

This bubu na mumu!
You are using threat on Labour right? U never start.
Banks are shuting down one by one.

NLC didn't strike wen governors refuse2 pay salaries n even Swallowed d bail-out found provided2 'em.they failed 2 stike wen we whr buyin fuel @ 150,300 n 400 naira wen d official price was 86.5kobo,dey failed 2 strike inorder 2 hastin Buhari's Persecution of looters n recovery of assets.dey failed 2 strike wen d national assembly was takin Nigerians 4 a ride n spending our money d way d like..now dey want 2 strike wen we say it's time 2 stop payin some few individuals d money dat should be meant 4 all.dos dis make any sense @ll?who are dey deffendin,d people or d oyel cabals?NLC,very confused set of people...

God Punish Buhari and his supporters especially the ones here on nairaland! Click like if you agree

Built2last:


in your mind ba

Banks, Financial institutions and Insurance union are dispatching memos to all to join the strike and you are here masturbating.

why must we pay for the foolish leadership of the elite.

what is wrong with building refinaries between now and 2019. and then remove it.

I ask you why must the poor pay?

we begged national assembly to reduce their pay, did they agree.

abeg face front

With subsidy you will remain a mediocre nation, with the poor mind that government should do this and that. However Nigerian masses are their worst enemies by supporting a subsidy for few rich men.
Don't join them.

The strike is doomed to fail

Built2last:


in your mind ba

Banks, Financial institutions and Insurance union are dispatching memos to all to join the strike and you are here masturbating.

why must we pay for the foolish leadership of the elite.

what is wrong with building refinaries between now and 2019. and then remove it.

I ask you why must the poor pay?

we begged national assembly to reduce their pay, did they agree.

abeg face front

What banks are you talking about.

They are currently opened for business,

You are probably hiding @ home thinking people are not going to work.

Hope it end well sha

How come the same Nigerians that supported the nlc against gej few years ago are going against them. Was occupyNigeria1 sponsored by the APC?

allthingsgood:
Very good! Make i baff de go work jor

So na now you wan go work, ba? Your case has gone beyond ``no work, no pay''. You are fired!

Hmmmm. Very interesting. Similar scenario played out in 2012 when Industrial Court of Arbitration granted an order stopping NLC from going ahead with its proposed strike. Not only did the strike go ahead, the organisers of the infamous Occupy Nigeria Protest(who are now in Buhari's govt) but worked in conjunction with NLC did not raise a hoot about the court restriction. Let's try to do good in this world. I won't say more than that.

Those who have work to do are in their places of work...............

K

Built2last:

in your mind ba
Banks, Financial institutions and Insurance union are dispatching memos to all to join the strike and you are here masturbating. .
what is wrong with building refinaries between now and 2019. and then remove it.
I ask you why must the poor pay?

and be complaining of sleeping on queue for 3days til when new refinery wil be build in 2019, and the same time claping for militant to stop the flow of crude to existing refineries

Obey The Rule of Law

The strike is simply baseless! The status quo is no longer as it was in 2012, NLC should negotiate for salary increase instead.

Government, therefore, calls upon and advises all workers to respect the laws of the land and to desist from participating in an illegal strike action.

@ bold part, why is this government so hypocritical

This shamless government is asking Labour to respect court orders but has consistently disobeyed court orders on more than one occasion after bail was granted to Nnamdi Kanu?


Do as I say but don't do as I do.

Shameless government!

BTW, I support removal of fuel subsidy.

OLADD:
Hmmmm. Very interesting. Similar scenario played out in 2012 when Industrial Court of Arbitration granted an order stopping NLC from going ahead with its proposed strike. Not only did the strike go ahead, the organisers of the infamous Occupy Nigeria Protest(who are now in Buhari's govt) but worked in conjunction with NLC did not raise a hoot about the court restriction. Let's try to do good in this world. I won't say more than that.

Just imagine.

The same shameless set of people are now asking NLC to obbey court orders.

When Buhari disobey court order to detain Kanu and you want nlc to obey court order is our of the definition of insanity

Rubbish

Presidency go and die


Nlc well done

mideactive:
NLC didn't strike wen governors refuse2 pay salaries n even Swallowed d bail-out found provided2 'em.they failed 2 stike wen we whr buyin fuel @ 150,300 n 400 naira wen d official price was 86.5kobo,dey failed 2 strike inorder 2 hastin Buhari's Persecution of looters n recovery of assets.dey failed 2 strike wen d national assembly was takin Nigerians 4 a ride n spending our money d way d like..now dey want 2 strike wen we say it's time 2 stop payin some few individuals d money dat should be meant 4 all.dos dis make any sense @ll?who are dey deffendin,d people or d oyel cabals?NLC,very confused set of people...

I can't imagine someone like you posting this here..

charles316:
How come the same Nigerians that supported the nlc against gej few years ago are going against them. Was occupyNigeria1 sponsored by the APC?

You don't need to be told somethings before you observed the truth..

God punish all occupyNigeria with fire and thunder

Apc is enemy of progress and their regime won't be progressive.. It's not curse but law of karma that will happen to them

HurtgenForest:


Just imagine.

The same shameless set of people are now asking NLC to obbey court orders.

Truth be told, APC and Buhari have succeeded in creating an impression that what's good for the goose IS NOT good for the gander in the minds of many Nigerians. As far as it's APC any action taken by them is immune to public scrutiny and query. Very unhealthy for an egalitarian society.

HurtgenForest:
Government, therefore, calls upon and advises all workers to respect the laws of the land and to desist from participating in an illegal strike action.

@ bold part, why is this government so hypocritical

This shamless government is asking Labour to respect court orders but has consistently disobeyed court orders on more than one occasion after bail was granted to Nnamdi Kanu?


Do as I say but don't do as I do.

Shameless government!

BTW, I support removal of fuel subsidy.

This is what we get from a government full of deceit and used it to attain post

Apc is enemy of progress and their regime won't be progressive.. It's not curse but law of karma that will happen to them

incomintop:
When Buhari disobey court order to detain Kanu and you want nlc to obey court order is our of the definition of insanity

Some Nigerians are political bigot and partisan..

Don't mind useless bunch of people

OLADD:


Truth be told, APC and Buhari have succeeded in creating an impression that what's good for the goose IS NOT good for the gander in the minds of many Nigerians. As far as it's APC any action taken by them is immune to public scrutiny and query. Very unhealthy for an egalitarian society.

Exactly....

Apc is enemy of progress and their regime won't be progressive.. It's not curse but law of karma that will happen to them

Naijabams:


The federal government of Nigeria has implored labour unions in the country not to go ahead with its planned strike for Wednesday, 18th May 2016.

Read Below:

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION

PRESS RELEASE

PROPOSED INDEFINITE STRIKE ACTION BY THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS

The attention of all Public Officers is drawn to the notice issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on an indefinite strike from Wednesday, 18th May, 2016.

This notice is regrettably given in spite of an Order by the Industrial Court against the strike action.

Government, therefore, calls upon and advises all workers to respect the laws of the land and to desist from participating in an illegal strike action.

Government undertakes to guarantee the safety of workers and their work places, and expects that normal work will continue in the interest of the nation.

Accordingly, security agencies have been directed to ensure unimpeded access to offices, work places and markets. Acts of intimidation, harassment, including barricading of gates, locking up of offices, blocking of roads and preventing workers from carrying out their lawful duties will be met with appropriate response by the law enforcement agencies.

All workers, whether in public or private sector are further reminded of the Trade Dispute Act, 2004, which provides that ‘where any worker takes part in a strike, he shall not be entitled to any wages or remuneration for the period of the strike and any such period shall not count for the purpose of reckoning the period of continuous employment and all rights dependent on continuity of employment shall be prejudicially affected accordingly’.

Accordingly, all Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Government Agencies are hereby directed to invoke the provision of ‘no work no pay’ in respect of any staff who absents him or herself from work to join the strike action.

Attendance registers are required to be opened in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

Engineer Babachir David Lawal

Secretary to the Government of the Federation

Source:- http://www.bamsforum.com/presidency-issues-statement-nlcs-nationwide-strike-full-text.html/