Workers of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have called off their three-day warning strike as train services are bound to resume once again across the country.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the railway workers called off the strike following a Friday’s meeting between them and the federal ministry of transport in Abuja.
The railway workers also held a meeting with the NRC board and the management of the railway corporation.
Read communique issued by the workers following the meetings below:
COMMUNIQUE OF RESOLUTIONS MADE AFTER THE MEETINGS WITH THE NRC BOARD IN ABUJA AND ANOTHER WITH THE FMOT, NRC MANAGEMENT, AND THE LEADERSHIP OF NUR & SSA IN IKEJA LAGOS ON FRIDAY, 19TH NOVEMBER 2021 OVER THE WORKERS’ AGITATION FOR ENHANCED SALARY REGIME; IMPROVED WELFARE, ET AL
The followings are the resolutions made between the above captioned parties:
i. a committee has been set up with immediate effect on the review of the standard condition of service with timeline lasting to the 31st day of January 2022;
ii. it has been agreed that the personal data on deceased workers be collected for processing for immediate payment as every worker is already covered by the group life assurance scheme;
iii. it has been agreed that all the train crews be given insurance cover as the train passengers and the goods in transit;
iv. enhanced salary regime has been taken up as a priority by the NRC Board and FMoT with a view to securing approval for implementation in the earliest time possible;
v. it has been agreed that no member of staff shall be victimized as a result of his/her participation in the 3-day industrial action of November 2021;
vi. by this communique and foregoing resolutions, the 3-day warning strike action is hereby suspended. Therefore, workers are hereby directed to resume work with immediate effect.
TNG reports the communique was signed by Comr. Aliyu Mainasara, PG, SSA; Comr. Innocent L. Ajiji, PG NUR, and Dr. Mrs. Monsurat O. Omotayo, Director Admin/HR for NRC management.
The development means train services will resume across the country with schedules as usual from Saturday, 20th November 2021, an NRC official confirmed to TNG.