Regina Otokpa The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), have vowed to continue its ongoing strike until their demands are met. The chairman of the union, Adetoboye Ayodeji who made this known in Kaduna on Saturday, said it was left for the agency’s management to call the union for negotiation and equally show actionable evidence that things would be done appropriately.
The workers had embarked on an indefinite strike on October 7 to demand the review of the 2024 promotion examinations. It 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 equally stated that some statutory arrears and other benefits were not paid to some of the staff employed by NAFDAC in 2022. According to him, 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. He said: “The issues in the agreement were supposed to be settled in December 2022 but to date, none of the agreement has 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.” Ayodeji said the union had written several letters to the NAFDAC management regarding the concerns without adequate response.
