A mild drama played out on Thursday at the Head office of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) when it staff crippled activities over alleged poor working conditions and institutional failures.
Blueprint observed that the staff barricaded the main entrance of the commission thereby preventing everyone from having access to the building.
Staff and non-staff of the commission trying to gain entrance were shut out of the office premises causing gridlock and blaring of horns from vehicles around the area .
The Chairman of the NIPC’s workers’ union, Comrade Yusuf Mustapha, alleged that if the government is to save the agency from collapse, then the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Ms Yewande Sadiku must be sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to him, the Union has been embroiled in a struggle with the executive-secretary and management to address pressing staff welfare and institutional failures.
He further noted that all civil attempt on their part has been met with a lack of decorum, dishonesty and total disregard on the part of the executive-secretary and her team.
“It is on record that avenues of civil negotiations and reconciliations have been exhausted by the Union Exco. The NIPC in its 20years of existence has never been so broken, demoralised and polarised.
“As a result the Union under my leadership has taken decisive action to save our dear commission from this dire situation.
“Today Thursday 9th of July, 2020 the Union has initiated industrial action. I wish to seize this opportunity to sincerely thank members for your show of extreme patience and decorum in these trying times,” he said.
