Partial view of non-permanent labor agents in Libreville © Gabonreview
Some 13,000 non-permanent workforce (MON) agents launched an indefinite general strike on Monday to demand from the military in power an end to inequalities marked by job insecurity, poverty wages and working conditions. mediocre.
The strikers are demanding in particular the regularization of administrative situations, the switch to the Civil Service to guarantee job security, an increase in salaries, the adjustment of salaries and housing bonuses to better reflect the cost of living, the clearance of contributions to the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) to ensure adequate social coverage and a career plan to offer them prospects for professional development.
On December 18, MONP agents gathered in a general assembly and filed a strike notice hoping that the government would open negotiations. The Prime Minister, Raymond Ndong Sima, received representatives of the collective the same day.
A report of this meeting taken during a general assembly on December 27 did not convince the members of the government’s desire to open serious negotiations.
MONP agents say they are annoyed at receiving monthly salaries of 150,000 FCFA in a country as rich as Gabon. They hope that this strike movement will encourage the Transition authorities to take concrete measures to restore their dignity and improve their living conditions.
« How is it possible not to look into the situation of 13,000 agents spread across the nine provinces for several years? », asked Jean Bosco Bougoumou Boulanga, spokesperson for the movement.
The MONP brings together non-permanent public officials whose management escapes the Ministry of Employment and even the Civil Service. They depend exclusively on the ministries or services which recruited them.
These generally include support staff (drivers, stretcher bearers, liaison officers, cleaning staff and much more…).
Marie Dorothée & Tryphène Lembah
