Ninety one workers sacked in 2013 by the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, resumed work on Thursday.
Welcoming the workers, Acting Executive Director of the institute, Abiodun Okelana, said their reinstatement was ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari after a thorough investigation by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
She assured them that the institute would enrol them into the IPPIS for the payment of their salaries.
Ms. Okelana also said that the institute would ensure that the salaries of union members which were withdrawn by the past administration, were paid back.
“We will still look into the issues of frivolous queries given to staff, by God’s grace every issue will be resolved and CRIN will bounce back,” she said.
The director stressed that the institute has a critical role to play in boosting cocoa and cashew production in the country.
She therefore urged the staff to jettison their personal interest and focus on the corporate interest of the institute and country in general.
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