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Striking Union Leaders Walk Out On Minister Ngige For Arriving 2 Hours Late For Meeting

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BEVERLY HILLS, April 20, (THEWILL) – Leaders of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Tuesday walked out of a meeting called at the instance of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, to discuss the ongoing industrial action by the unions.

The meeting was scheduled for 3pm.

But leaders of both JUSUN and PASAN who were seated at 3pm staged a walkout after waiting for almost two hours without being attended to.

Speaking with newsmen, JUSUN National Public Relations Officer, Comrade Koin Selepreye, said it was wrong for the Minister to keep the workers for that long, when the invitation sent to them clearly stated that the meeting was for 3pm.

She said the union would always be available for meetings, but won’t take it when time schedules were not respected.

Also speaking, the National President of PASAN, Comrade Mohammed Usman, berated the Minister for what he described as “unfair treatment meted on the workers.”

He said the workers respected time and would not accept being kept for a meeting which should be taken seriously, considering the importance of the issues at stake.

Efforts by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Dr. Peter Yerima Yarfa, and the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Niger Affairs, Ita Enang, to prevail on the unions to return for the meeting met a brick wall as the unionists got into their vehicles and left.

At the meeting were the representatives of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the Inspector General of Police, NJIC, and the head legal team of the Nigerian Governors Forum.

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