The striking staffers of the National Identity Management Commission NIMC suspended their strike action on Friday.
The workers downed tools on Thursday, January 7 to press home their demands mostly unpaid allowances and the spread of COVID-19 in the agency for better remuneration as well as the provision of personal protective equipment PPEs to protect against COVID19.
Lucky further said that the NIMC workers were being informed to resume work from Monday onwards and begin enrollment for National Identity Numbers. Followed by a declaration on Thursday, when thousands of applicants were left unattended and were locked outside the offices of NIMC.
A statement earlier on Thursday, NIMC stated, “all members at the local government offices and special centres are advised to stay away from their various centres as task force and implementation committees would be on parade to ensure total compliance to the directive”.
The National Communications Commission (NCC), had reportedly directed all the telecommunication companies to block SIM cards not registered with National Identity Number by 9 February 2021.
They are expected to resume work by Monday, January 11 to continue with the ongoing registration of Nigerians for their National Identity Numbers- NIN.
