Workers of the National Identity Management Commission have suspended the industrial action which they embarked upon on Thursday over the fear of COVID- 19 spread in the agency .

It was gathered that the workers decided to put the strike on hold after a meeting with the Federal Government, where it was agreed that the demands of the employees would be addressed .

The President , Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria , NIMC Unit , Asekokhai Lucky , confirmed the suspension of the strike to news correspondent in Abuja .

He said workers of the commission across the country were being contacted to resume work by Monday and begin the enrolment of citizens for National Identity Numbers .

The strike had grounded activities at NIMC offices across the country, as the workers stopped work , leaving large crowds of people who had visited the commission to obtain their NINs stranded .

Lucky said , “We just finished the meeting and the minister ( of communications and digital economy ) has intervened in the matter . He has promised to look into our grievances .

“ So , we will be meeting with the minister on Tuesday and on that note we ’ ve called off the strike and all workers will return to their offices by Monday morning . ”

On whether the association had communicated the latest development to its branches nationwide , Lucky replied , “ Yes , we are doing it right away. We are putting out a memo to that effect which will be everywhere in 30 minutes. ”

The union leader said , “ We actually served the management of NIMC a 21 -day ultimatum based on the issues of welfare and safety against COVID- 19 that we raised .

“ The ultimatum starts counting today officially. And for it to start counting officially from today we had to step down the strike we embarked on yesterday . So on that note also we ’ ve called off the strike , while the ultimatum starts running . ”

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