The crisis rocking the Police Service Commission has continued as workers in the agency have refused to return to work 17 days after embarking on an indefinite strike.
The PSC workers, who held a fresh protest at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, explained that the management of the commission has refused to attend to their demands since they started their strike.
Daily Trust reports that workers of the agency in January declared a three-day warning strike over the alleged takeover of the recruitment of 10,000 constables by the police, lack of staff promotion and training by the commission management as well as mismanagement of funds meant for the permanent office of the commission among other issues.
Addressing journalists during the ongoing demonstration, the chairman of the Joint Union Congress, PSC chapter, Adoyi Adoyi, said they would continue paralysing activities of the commission until their demands are met.
He said they have passed a vote of no confidence on the Chairman of PSC, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector-General of Police over his incompetence to address all issues raised.
When contacted for an official reaction on why the strike issues have not been resolved, the spokesman of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani simply told Daily Trust, ”no comment for now”.
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See some of the protest pictures below:
