Union Leaders Vow To Avoid Strikes

The Chairman, Agricul
tural and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria ( AAEUN) Niger Delta Basin Development Authority (NDBDA) Branch, Comrade Nwafor Nkiken, says his union will no long use strike action as an option.
The AAEUN leader, gave the assurance last week in Port Harcourt during the occasion of staff award organised by the management.
Nkiken said the decision was pursuant to the task of keeping the authority on a steady path of growth.
He noted that strike was no more an option in any struggle for better condition of service, adding that it impacts negatively on the future of workers.
According to him, the union was bent on delivering its mandate to transform the authority with the aim of making it a world class organization.
He, among other things, called attention to some challenges facing the union, saying that until such problems are addressed, the goals of the organisation’s founding fathers would not be realised.
Earlier in her address, the Managing Director, NDBDA, Hon Onoye Beredugo, tasked workers on productivity.
She said the reason for the award was to encourage workers in their various departments and the need to be committed to duty.
Beredugo pointed out that the awardees were carefully selected and ruled out any form of favouratism in the process.
She also thanked workers and staff for keeping faith with the corporation despite the challenges.
The award came in 10 categories with three beneficiaries in each, totalling 30 awardees in all.