After Electricity Workers’ Strike, FCT Environmental Staff Threatens Strike, Vows To Shut Cemeteries
- Environmental workers in the federal capital territory (FCT) are on the verge of an industrial action
- This is coming barely 24 hours after electricity workers embarked on a nationwide strike causing a blackout across the federation
- However, the environmental union is requesting the implementation of a salary increment
FCT, Abuja - Twenty-four hours after electricity workers embarked on a nationwide strike, their counterpart in the FCT environmental department has vowed to embark on a warning strike.
As reported by the DailyTrust newspaper, the environmental workers said public cemeteries will be shut down across the FCT.
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Legit.ng gathered that the workers had earlier shut down the Gudu cemetery but later opened it up after the presidency reached out on Thursday, August 18.
The union said:
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“Based on the decision taken yesterday night by the joint Unions of AEPB, we agreed to open the cemetery by 9 am Thursday due to calls from the Presidency. However, if the agreement is not met, we will not only shut down the Cemeteries but all our systems and operations.”
It was gathered that the reason for their actions was the failure of the FCTA to implement a new salary structure for environmental workers.
Environmental union threats
The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) through its chairman, comrade Muktar Bala said there will be a reopening of other cemeteries but vowed to shut them if the FCT government fail to meet their demands.
Bala who was addressing the attitude of the FCTA towards their welfare said members of the union deserve better pay-cheque as they are regularly exposed to the hazards of the job, especially while tending to corpses.
Bala said:
“As the Chairman of one of the unions in AEPB, I can assure you that it is a collective decision by the whole Union, with backings from the National Union. People think it is only waste management that we do. They don’t know that even unclaimed corpses in hospitals are taken care of by us.
“These dead bodies that have overstayed in the hospital for 3 to 4 years, we take care of them, without knowing what killed them.”
Abuja: Finally, police uncover hoodlums’ hotspots, raid encampments
Meanwhile, as part of efforts to ensure the safety of lives and properties in the FCT, the police have launched a raid on some criminal hideouts in the nation's capital.
The operatives of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) recently launched a successful raid in Dawaki and Dutse Alhaji area of the FCT.
Also, the encampments of the hoodlums and criminals were raided and burnt to the ground during the operation.
FCT court jail kidnap kingpin
In another development, a Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Hamisu Bala (fondly called Wadume) to seven years in imprisonment.
The court's ruling read by the presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyko, was made available to newsmen on Sunday, August 14.
The court also slammed a police inspector, Aliyu Dadje, for tampering with the record in a bid to conceal a crime.
Source: Legit.ng
