Members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) would next week Monday begin an indefinite strike over an alleged breach of working conditions.  

The Joint Union Congress (JUC) at the PSC disclosed this in a letter addressed to the embattled chairman of the commission, Musiliu Smith. 

In a copy of the letter obtained by Peoples Gazette on Thursday, the aggrieved members said they had earlier embarked on a three-day warning strike in January 2022 but decided to call it off to embrace dialogue. 

“You may wish to recall that the Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission had embarked on a 3-day warning strike on Monday 24 January 2022, which was suspended in the national interest to embrace dialogue and reconciliation.

“As a responsible union, we make bold to state that all the conditions necessary for continuous working harmony have been breached by the management, hence our resort to continue with our agitation until our earlier agreements are fully implemented.

“Following from the above, therefore, the union and the entire staff do hereby serve a notice of indefinite strike to the Management, beginning on Monday, 29 August 2022.” the letter read partly.

The copy of the letter was signed by Adoyi Adoyi, chairman of Joint Union Congress, PSC chapter, Abayomi Anthony, chairman of Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), Yusuf Nasidi, secretary of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and Remi Ogundeji, secretary of NCSU.

The workers’ strike comes on the heels of differences between the inspector-general of police, Usman Baba, and the workers of the PSC over who should be responsible for the recruitment, promotion, and appointment of constables and officers. 

The members of the PSC had in January declared a three-day warning strike over the alleged takeover of 10,000 constables by the police; lack of staff promotion; training by the commission management among others.