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NAFDAC workers suspend six-week-old strike
Workers at the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Monday, suspended their six-week-old strike.
The workers are members of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN).
The Vice-Chairman of the union, Idzi Isua, confirmed the development during the union’s congress on Monday morning.
Mr Isua said the union resolved to suspend the strike following an agreement reached with the management.
The union embarked on strike on 21 June to protest, amongst other things, poor welfare packages and unpaid promotion arrears.
Mr Isua said the union had issues with NAFDAC management over staff welfare and that this has lingered for years.
He said the agency has a poor salary structure with no allowances attached to it which he noted has grossly affected the staff.
Mr Isua said the union discussed with the management to bring in some allowances to back up the salary paid.
He said they had agreed that an allowance called regulatory and hazard allowance will be included along with the monthly salary.
“This has been going on for two years but it failed, that’s why we proceeded on strike,” he said.
Mr Isua said the union suspended the strike after reaching a favourable agreement with the management.
“We requested for 30 per cent as hazard allowance and that has been approved and paid for the entire year,” he said.
He noted that the management has also fulfilled the promise of paying ‘the long service award’ given to every retiree of the agency.
“As a result of this strike, the management has paid that allowance to the retirees who were supposed to receive it for last year and they will clear that of 2022 by the end of the year.
“We also have pending promotion arrears from 2018-2021 and this also led to the strike,” he said.
He said the NAFDAC management and office of the Accountant-General of the Federation have cleared that of 2018 to 2020.
“We have an agreement with the management to clear that of 2021 before the end of September this year,” he said.
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Installation of e-gates at airports is to enhance national security – Minister
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo says the installation of e-gates at the five international airports in the country will enhance national security.
He also said it would ensure seamless processing of passengers coming into and going out of the country.
The minister made the remarks on Friday when he inspected the newly installed e-gates at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Tunji-Ojo said that from the preliminary test conducted, it will take less than 30 seconds to process passengers with valid passports, thus reducing the delays and inconveniences hitherto faced by passengers.
He said about 21 e-gates would be installed at Lagos airport by the end of April, while those in Kano, Port Harcourt, and Enugu would be ready by the third week of May.
“Having tested it on various scenarios, we saw that a Nigerian carrying a valid passport will only take less than 30 seconds to be checked in, which I think is a record time.
“We have also tested it with people carrying other people’s passport, and we saw that it is practically impossible for people to use another person’s passport to gain entrance into the country unlike in the past.
“With what we have also seen, it is practically impossible to enter into the country with an expired passport,“ he added.
According to him, the scanners will enhance the nation’s security architecture and enable immigration officials to work seamlessly.
The minister thanked President Bola Tinubu for his support towards making the project a reality.
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