Management of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has appealed to its workers to suspend their planned strike action and grant government two more weeks to complete processes related to the approval and implementation of migration reports affecting staff conditions of service.
The appeal comes after workers of the authority announced plans to embark on an indefinite strike from May 13, 2026, over delays in implementing the migration exercise.
The planned industrial action was communicated by the Public Services Workers’ Union in a letter dated May 6, 2026, addressed to the Executive Secretaries of both the National Labour Commission and the NIA.
According to the union, the strike decision follows prolonged delays in implementing the migration process for staff, despite the approval of the Scheme of Service in July 2024 and the commencement of the migration exercise in December 2024.
However, speaking on Citi Eyewitness News on Friday, May 8, the Head of Corporate Affairs at the NIA, Williams Ampomah Emmanuel Darlas, said management is actively engaging the relevant state institutions to ensure the process is completed.
“We actually met this document at the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission. We will work together with the union to ensure that we finalise the document. Now it has been moved from the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to the Finance Ministry. At the Finance Ministry, we were made to understand that there are levels of engagement before it gets to the Minister’s table.
“Now it has moved from where it was to the Minister’s table and the Minister has given us the assurance that in two weeks, he will append his signature so that the Controller and Accountant-General can then commence implementation. We are urging our staff to give us two weeks,” he said.
Darlas further assured workers of management’s commitment to ensuring staff are adequately motivated and that their concerns are addressed through due process.
NIA workers to strike May 13 over Conditions of Service
