Workers at the Police Service Commission (PSC) have declared
an indefinite strike over what they described as breach of conditions necessary
for working harmony.
The workers, in a leaked letter written by the joint union
congress, PSC chapter and addressed to Musiliu Smith, PSC chairman, said the
indefinite strike will commence on August 29.
The letter was signed by Adoyi Adoyi, chairman of joint
union congress, PSC chapter, Abayomi Anthony, chairman of Nigeria Civil Service
Union (NCSU), Yusuf Nasidi, secretary of Association of Senior Civil Servants
of Nigeria (ASCSN) and Remi Ogundeji, secretary of NCSU.
“You may wish to recall that the Joint Union Congress of the
Police Service Commission had embarked on a 3-day warning strike on Monday 24
January, 2022, which was suspended in national interest in order to embrace
dialogue and reconciliation,” the letter reads.
“As a responsible
union, we make bold to state that all the conditions necessary for continuous
working harmony have been breached by the management, hence our resort to
continue with our agitation until our earlier agreements are fully implemented.
“Following from the above therefore, the union and the
entire staff do hereby serve a notice of indefinite strike to the Management,
beginning on Monday, 29 August 2022.”
When reached out to, Ikechukwu Ani, head of press and public
relations of the PSC, on the development, he said he is not competent to speak
on the matter at the moment.
The development comes amid the disagreement between Usman
Baba, inspector-general of police, and the PSC over recruitment of constables
into the Nigeria Police Force.
On Monday, NPF dismissed an advertisement by PSC calling for
applicants to apply as constables in the force.
Owing to NPF’s protest, the PSC suspended the 2022
recruitment of constables into the force.
In January 2022, the PSC workers declared a three-day
warning strike over the alleged takeover of the recruitment of 10,000
constables by the police, lack of staff promotion and training by the
commission management.
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