President Muhammadu Buhari has made it clear that he would end the incessant strike actions by various industrial unions which have crippled the nation’s productivity and resulted in man-hour loses.
He said that his government will be committed to boosting national productivity, by among other things, taking all necessary actions that will bring the incessant strikes by workers in vital sectors of the Nigerian economy to an end.
President Buhari, who spoke when he had a meeting with the permanent secretary and Directors of the Federal Ministry of Labour today, expressed worry over what he called endless strikes in Nigeria’s health sector which have contributed to the fall in the standard of health services.
He directed the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Clement Illoh and Directors in the Ministry of Labour to liaise with other stakeholders and work out proposals for ending the recurring strikes in the health, education, transport, oil and gas, power and other critical sectors of the national economy.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was also present at the meeting, advised Dr. Illoh and his staff to make an input into the ongoing plans for the extension of welfare services to poor and disabled persons.
Dr. Illoh had earlier attributed some of the recurrent strikes in the country to the inclination by some government officials to enter into agreements with financial implications without carrying the ministries of finance and labour along.
He said that the ministry of labour has now introduced a Code of Conduct for Government Negotiators barring them from entering into agreements with financial implications without the consent of the President. [myad]
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