The meeting between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended without any agreement on Tuesday. Speaking with reporters at the end of the closed door meeting in Abuja, Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU national president, said negotiations were still ongoing. He said both parties were yet to reach a concrete decision. “For […]
Continue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is ready to negotiate with the federal government over the ongoing industrial action. Biodun Ogunyemi, national president of ASUU, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday. The union commenced an indefinite strike on November 5. Ogunyemi said the decision was taken due to the poor funding of […]
Continue Reading
Members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Chapter on Wednesday joined the ongoing nationwide strike declared by the national body of the union. Dr Ifeanyichukwu Abada, the chapter’s chairman who briefed newsmen in Nsukka, said lecturers had withdrawn their services after ASUU-UNN congress held on Tuesday. He said that […]
Continue Reading
The Nigeria Labour congress (NLC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) have threatened to commence an indefinite strike from November 6 if the federal government fails to meet their demands. Ayuba Wabba, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and Joe Ajaero, president of the United Labour Congress, issued the threat at a press conference […]
Continue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC), have suspended their warning strike for a new minimum wage. The strike was embarked upon on Sept. 26. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the organised labour had embarked on the strike after a 14-day ultimatum to the […]
Continue Reading
The presidency, on Friday, stepped up efforts to convince labour unions in the country to call off their strike following the earlier meeting at which the government accepted their demand to reconvene the tripartite meeting on the proposed new national minimum wage. The meeting between the labour leadership and the representatives of the employers of […]
Continue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared the starting of an indefinite warning strike to press the Buhari administration to adopt a new minimum wage for workers. The strike will start Wednesday morning. Its sister labour group, the Trade Union Congress, had earlier on Tuesday announced it would begin strike from the early hours of […]
Continue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is set to commence an indefinite nationwide strike after the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum given to the federal government which will elapse on September 26. The union had earlier said the ultimatum will officially commence on September 12. Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, said this while addressing journalists at the […]
Continue Reading
There are indications that students of public schools in Edo State who just resumed after the long vacation, would begin another indefinite vacation, following the notification of an indefinite strike served on the state government, over its failure to meet up with the demands of the State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). […]
Continue Reading
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has given the military 24 hours ultimatum to vacate the premises of an oil and gas firm to avert a nationwide strike. At a media briefing in Lagos on Thursday, NUPENG President, Mr Williams Akporeha, called on the Chief of Army Staff to withdraw soldiers […]
Continue Reading