NLC/NS/B.7/319
HE Senator (Prof) Ben Ayade
Governor of Cross River State
Governor’s Office
Calabar.
RE: NOTICE OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION
We bring you fraternal greetings from the national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
The Cross River State Council of Nigeria Labour Congress drew our attention to a Notice of Industrial Action against the Cross River State Government conveyed through a letter dated 7th October 2021 and addressed to Your Excellency. We understand that the strike action had commenced on 7th October 2021.
The decision to embark on an industrial action as communicated in the Strike Notice was taken at a Congress of all Cross River State workers. At the Congress, Cross Rivers workers decried the refusal of your government to address their pertinent concerns which include:
1. Non-implementation of promotions to workers at both State and Local Government levels;
2. Non-payment of Gratuities to both State and Local Government workers;
3. Non-remittance of deductions from workers’ salaries;
4. Failure to fully implement the National Minimum Wage to both State and Local Government workers;
5. Non-implementation of full 27.5% Teachers enhancement allowance;
6. Stoppage of Tax exemption and allowance for teachers
7. Stoppage of annual incremental to both State and Local Government workers;
8. Return of payroll to both Accountant General and Ministry of Local Government Affairs for both State and Local Governments respectively;
9. Payment of salaries to workers wrongfully removed from local government payroll by the Auditor General for local government;
10. Reinstatement of pensioners wrongfully removed from the payroll
11. Lift of ban on the collection of check-off dues from commercial drivers by NURTW and restoration of NURTW to Motor Parks in Cross River State;
12. Immediate stoppage of deductions from workers’ salaries for the purchase of laptops and without workers’ consent;
13. Payment of Hazard Allowance for Medical and Health and balance of 30% CONHESS; and
14. Inclusion of al staff employed but yet to be put in the payroll by the State.
Your Excellency, as the father of the state, we request that you expeditiously attend to the foregoing genuine concerns and demands by workers in Cross River State. Your expeditious response will help to apprehend the ongoing strike action and the escalation of industrial unrest in Cross Rivers State which has built a reputation of industrial peace and harmony for many years now.
While we await your expedited action, please accept the renewed assurances of our highest esteem.
Comrade Ayuba Wabba, mni
President
12th October 2021
