National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions and Employees has directed all their member to stay off duties for two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 5th and 6th of September, 2023 in compliance with the directives from the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.
In a Communique issued at the end of the meeting of the National Executive Council, NEC, of the Nigeeria Labour Congress, NLC, held on Thursday, 31st August, 2023, and titled, “Notice on two days withdrawal of services,” the body ordered all affiliates to direct its members to commence two days withdrawal of services, starting from Tuesday. the 5th of September.
In a statement signed by the General Secretary of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions and Employees, NUBIFIE, ,Mohammed I. Sheikh on Saturday, the 2nd of September, 2023, he stated that the directive is imperative in order to get the attention of the government towards their plight and ward it off undue interference in the affairs of the union.
“The directive is imperative to get the needed attention of government and warn it off its new found love of meddling in the internal affairs of union rather than address the punishing economic circumstances we find ourselves,” the statement read.
The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institution Employees (NUBIFIE) is a trade union representing workers in the finance industry in Nigeria. The union was founded in 1978, when the Government of Nigeria merged nine unions: Bank of the North Staff Union.
