The United Labour Congress will be without the banks and other financial institutions in its planned nationwide strike.
Banking and insurance industries’ workers under the aegis of the
National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees
have pulled out of the planned nationwide strike directed by the United
Labour Congress.
The association, in a statement on Sunday, said there were critical
issues facing the financial services, allied industries and the economy
in general and, as such, shutting the sectors was not an option.
The statement, which was signed by the new President, NUBIFIE, Abdulrasheed Lukman, read in part,
“The union just emerged from its delegate conference and a new
leadership emerged. There are a number of issues that beg for attention
in what has been happening in our industry. Shutting the financial
industry at this critical period of our economic life is not an option.
“The congress in session did not discuss neither did it ratify
any industrial action. Therefore, we dissociate NUBIFIE from the planned
action of the ULC. The affiliation of NUBIFIE to ULC was done out of
the context of the procedure and constitution of our great union and the
congress in session resolved and passed a resolution for the return of
NUBIFIE to its original affiliation, NLC, as contained in the union’s
constitution.”
Lukman said that following the development, the association
directed its members in banks and insurance companies to shun any
contrary directive.
The NUBIFIE leader, therefore, maintained that the association
would not partake in any planned industrial action as called by the ULC.
“The process of engaging in industrial action is well stipulated in the laws of the land and rules of engagement,” he added.
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