FCTA workers to begin 3-day protest Monday
The Joint Union Action Committee of the Federal Capital Territory Administration has declared a three-day protest beginning Monday, June 30, 2025.
President of JUAC, Rifkatu Iortyer, in a statement on Thursday, directed all members and affiliate unions across the FCTA to mobilise and gather at the minister’s main gate in Area 11, Garki, by 7:00 am each day of the protest.
The protest is a result of what it describes as the “blatant refusal” of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to address longstanding issues affecting staff welfare and rights.
According to the President, “The protest is against the blatant refusal of the FCT minister to address salient issues affecting staff.”
She listed grievances to include the non-promotion of staff since 2023, unresolved salary administration problems, and unpaid entitlements.
The union also demanded structural changes within the administration, improved staff welfare, and an end to deductions they considered illegal.
“The Chairman FCT Civil Service Commission must go,” Iortyer declared, adding: “We say no to overseeing directors’ positions.”
Other grievances include “non-domestication of IPPIS, inaccessibility of the salary portal to salary desk officers, no overhead since December 2024, NHF deduction, non-payment of five months wage awards/health workers hazard allowance arrears, no training and retraining of FCTA staff, out-of-school FCTA primary school pupils, and non-payment of AEPB enforcement squad.”
It would be recalled that the FCT teachers had also been on strike since April, over non-implementation of N70,000 minimum wage, among other requests.
