By Members of staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos State have gone on strike.
Workers at the NIMC office, located on the premises of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) office in Alausa, on Thursday morning said they demand better welfare packages from the government, meanwhile hundreds of residents had gathered as early as 8am.
According to one of the workers, who agreed to speak on plea of anonymity: the recent increase in the number of visitors at the office for registration of National Identification Number (NIN) has caused a lot of stress for the workers.
“We need to be paid more for conducting the exercise which is an extra duty.
“Apart from the demand for allowance, the government does not care about our safety, as we lack protective kits at the office, and any of the staffer can get infected with COVID-19 as they attend to hundreds of residents daily.” he added.
The situation at the NIMC office has left many residents there stranded, including the elderly, pregnant women, and mothers who had come with their children.
Despite the development, the residents have failed to return to their homes, saying they were not notified that the workers would down tools.
They, however, continued to keep watch at the NIMC office with the hope that the striking workers would have a change of heart and attend to them.
