NLC Strike: Rivers Government Threatens Workers With ‘no Work, No Pay’ Order
The Rivers State government says it will adhere strictly to
the ‘no work, no pay’ directive of the Federal government on any civil servant
that complies with the industrial action called by the Nigeria Labour Congress,
NLC.
The state Head of Service, Rufus Godwin disclosed this while
addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt.
Civil servants in Rivers State had met a locked gate at the
State secretariat on arrival to work on the first day of the nationwide strike.
It took the effort of security operatives supervised by the
Head of Service to open the gates for workers to gain access into the premises.
However, Godwin said the state government was bound by the
subsisting order of the National Industrial court.
He said the civil servants working under the Rivers state
government were not allowed to participate in the industrial action.
“We are going to apply the Federal government directive of
no work, no pay rule. We will be strict on that. Anybody who absents himself
from work will be treated accordingly under the relevant rules,” he said.
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