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BREAKING: Train services resume as railway workers call off 3-day warning strike

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Workers of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have called off their three-day warning strike.

Thel railway workers called off the strike following a Friday’s meeting between them and the federal ministry of transport in Abuja.

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The workers also held a meeting with the NRC board and the management of the railway corporation

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Read the communique issued by the workers following the meeting

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 as announced

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;

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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.

The communique was signed by Comrades Aliyu Mainasara, PG, SSA; 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 from tomorrow Saturday, 20th November 2021, an NRC official confirmed to TNG.

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