Why we can’t meet striking CAC workers’ demands – Registrar-General

The Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC,
Bello Mahmud, has advised the commission’s staff union to embrace
peace as it awaits ministerial approval for implementation of their
agreement on payment of salary arrears.

Mr. Mahmud made the appeal at a news conference on Wednesday in
Abuja on the management’s position on the ongoing strike

He said that the strike was affecting the revenue inflow of the
Commission.

Mr. Mahmud said that the commission was awaiting ministerial
approval for the implementation of the agreement the union and
management had reached on the industrial dispute.

According to him, the issue started after a proposed pay rise of
15 per cent and 35 per cent in 2010 for executive and non-executive
staff which the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission
altered to a flat rate of 26 per cent for all.

Mr. Mahmud said that the non-executive staff continued to
agitate for the payment of the nine per cent cut from their
proposed salary increase.

“The staff shut down the commission since Monday to protest high
salary gap between the executive staff and non-executive staff.

“The commission had reached out to the Wages Commission again
but no approval was granted for a pay rise for the non-executive
staff.

“The development led to an agreement on other benefits that will
pacify the staff but since the agreement involved policy issues, it
needed the approval of the board.

“However, the commission at the moment, has no constituted board
and the agreement had been forward to the minister for
approval.

“While waiting for ministerial approval, the union suddenly
embarked on a strike,” Mr. Mahmud said.

According to him, a meeting convened on Tuesday, involving all
stakeholders, failed to resolve the dispute as the union prevented
the management from accessing the office premises on Wednesday.

Mr. Mahmud therefore, advised the union to toe the path of peace
by waiting for the approval, adding that the strike was adversely
affecting the commission’s business activities.

The strike has entered its third day and the office premises
remained shut.

The protesting workers had earlier blamed the strike on the
management, saying they violated several agreements on the wage
dispute.

(NAN)

The Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC,
Bello Mahmud, has advised the commission’s staff union to embrace
peace as it awaits ministerial approval for implementation of their
agreement on payment of salary arrears.

Mr. Mahmud made the appeal at a news conference on Wednesday in
Abuja on the management’s position on the ongoing strike

He said that the strike was affecting the revenue inflow of the
Commission.

Mr. Mahmud said that the commission was awaiting ministerial
approval for the implementation of the agreement the union and
management had reached on the industrial dispute.

According to him, the issue started after a proposed pay rise of
15 per cent and 35 per cent in 2010 for executive and non-executive
staff which the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission
altered to a flat rate of 26 per cent for all.

Mr. Mahmud said that the non-executive staff continued to
agitate for the payment of the nine per cent cut from their
proposed salary increase.

“The staff shut down the commission since Monday to protest high
salary gap between the executive staff and non-executive staff.

“The commission had reached out to the Wages Commission again
but no approval was granted for a pay rise for the non-executive
staff.

“The development led to an agreement on other benefits that will
pacify the staff but since the agreement involved policy issues, it
needed the approval of the board.

“However, the commission at the moment, has no constituted board
and the agreement had been forward to the minister for
approval.

“While waiting for ministerial approval, the union suddenly
embarked on a strike,” Mr. Mahmud said.

According to him, a meeting convened on Tuesday, involving all
stakeholders, failed to resolve the dispute as the union prevented
the management from accessing the office premises on Wednesday.

Mr. Mahmud therefore, advised the union to toe the path of peace
by waiting for the approval, adding that the strike was adversely
affecting the commission’s business activities.

The strike has entered its third day and the office premises
remained shut.

The protesting workers had earlier blamed the strike on the
management, saying they violated several agreements on the wage
dispute.

(NAN)