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The staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has suspended their strike.

On Thursday, the workers had embarked on strike over poor welfare package, lack of tools and risk of exposure to coronavirus; leading to the suspension of national identification number registration process.

Asekokhai Lucky, president of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), NIMC unit, confirmed the suspension of the strike to journalists on Friday in Abuja.

He said the strike was suspended after a meeting with representatives of the federal government where it was agreed that the demands of the employees would be addressed.

Some of the demands include a review of the “lopsided and irregular” promotion done in 2017 and 2020, implementation of the approved salary structure and its appropriation in the 2021 annual budget and adequate provision of work tools for civic data enrolment.

He said the staff of the commission across the country has been contacted to resume enrolment of citizens for national identity number (NIN).

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had asked all telcos to disconnect the SIM cards of persons who have not integrated their national identity numbers (NIN) with their phone lines by the end of January.