The leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) is picketing Raw Materials Research and Development Council based on the expiration of a Three (3)-Day Notice of Picketing Action to the Management of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), headquarters in Abuja.
The ultimatum follows the expiration of an earlier seven-working-day notice issued on September 23, 2026, which urged the Council’s management to resolve persistent labour disputes and administrative grievances affecting senior officers within the organisation.
According to the labour union, the notice became necessary due to management’s continued failure to address core labour rights, including:
1.Remittance of Accrued Check-Off Dues
2. Failure to remit union dues deducted from SSASCGOC members within the Council.
3. Persistent interference in internal union operations and restriction of the constitutional rights of eligible senior staff to freely join and participate in SSASCGOC activities.
4. Non-recognition and operational suppression targeting the SSASCGOC RMRDC Branch executive and general membership.
In a formal statement signed by Acting General Secretary of SSASCGOC, Comrade Akin Okudero, fnipr,
the union cautioned that failure to address all cited demands on or before Wednesday, November 11, 2026, will trigger full-scale industrial action.
”TAKE NOTICE that if the RMRDC Management fails to address all demands… before the expiration of this three (3)-day notice—expiring November 11, 2026—SSASCGOC will proceed with full industrial action, including a total and indefinite Picketing of the RMRDC Headquarters Abuja without any further notice,” the union declared.
SSASCGOC urged the management of RMRDC to utilise the remaining window to avert standard industrial shutdown and restore industrial harmony within the Council.
Copies of the official notice have been served to key regulatory and security stakeholders, including the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, the President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Inspector-General of Police.
