The Registrar General (RG) of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Bello Mahmud has disclosed that the Commission has no plans to meet the demands of the protesting workers unless the Ministry of Trade and Investment approves the agreements earlier entered into with them.
Bello made this statement on Thursday while addressing journalists in Abuja. According him, the issues started in 2010 when the Commission proposed a pay rise of 15% and 35% for executive and non-executive staff respectively. He explained that the proposal was reviewed by the National Salaries and Wages Commission to 26% increase for all staff.
He disclosed that since the amendment of the initial proposal by the Wages Commission, the non-executive staffs have continued to agitate for the payment of the 9% cut from the salary increase. Bello further hinted that the Commission has since reached out to the Wages Commission but no approval has been given, making it difficult to act on the agitation by the workers. The RG also explained that the delay in the resolution of the issue has also affected other welfare allowances for staff of the Commission.
He noted that since the Commission has no Board, the agreement and other proposals had since been forwarded to the Minister of Trade and Investment for approval before the staff commenced the industrial action.
He called on the protesting workers to call off the strike and embrace dialogue, while waiting for the Ministerial approval. He lamented that the action was affecting the revenue base of the Commission.
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