The staff of the National Identity Management Commission has suspended their strike, citing an agreement with the government to address their demands.
The president of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), NIMC unit, Asekokhai Lucky, confirmed this to journalists on Friday in Abuja.
According to him, the strike was suspended after a meeting with representatives of the federal government where it was agreed that the demands of the employees would be addressed.
WAP reported how the workers had embarked on strike on Thursday over poor welfare package, lack of tools and risk of exposure to coronavirus.
He noted that some of the demands include a review of the “lopsided and irregular” promotion done in 2017 and 2020, implementation of the approved salary structure and its appropriation in the 2021 annual budget, and adequate provision of work tools for civic data enrolment.
He said the staff of the commission across the country has been contacted to resume enrolment of citizens for national identity number (NIN).
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had asked all telcos to disconnect the SIM cards of persons who have not integrated their national identity numbers (NIN) with their phone lines by the end of January.
Citizens were initially given a period of two weeks to link their numbers but the directive was later extended to January 18, 2021.
Subscribers without NIN have until February 9 to register and link it to their phone numbers.
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