The
leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress has threatened to call a
nationwide industrial action if the Federal Government failed to stop
the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The NLC in a communiqué issued at the
end of its National Executive Committee meeting in Kaduna, on Wednesday,
said that it was unfortunate that the government had not taken the
expected steps to stop the ongoing strike that had crippled academic
activities in public universities.
The President of the NLC, Mr. Abdulwahed
Omar and the Acting General Secretary of the Congress, Mr. Chris Uyot,
accused the Federal Government of sponsoring protests against ASUU
instead of resolving the lingering crisis.
They warned that the NLC would not
hesitate to call out Nigerian workers to protest across the country if
the present situation was not changed by the Federal Government.
Omar and Uyot also stated that the NLC
had taken a decision to intervene in the crisis rocking the university
system in order to save Nigerian students from needless pains.
“NEC-In-Session expresses its deep
concern for the near total collapse of the education sector. It is a sad
commentary that government has allowed the strike by ASUU to drag on
for so long with incalculable consequences.
“Rather than resolve these issues, government is busy sponsoring protest groups against ASUU.
“NEC cautions that if government
persists with this line of action, it will mobilize its members to stage
counter protests across the country. It has the will and the capacity
and it advises that government should not test that will.”
Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor, The
Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Prof. Adebayo Adeyemi,
has described the lingering ASUU strike as a national problem, and not a
blessing to the private universities.
Adeyemi while briefing the press on
Wednesday on its 5th forthcoming convocation, said both the Federal
Government and ASUU should meet and reach an implementable agreement, so
that the strike could be called off.
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NLC has turn to a barking dogs that can not bite since extinction of Comrade Oshiomole.The new leader does not know what it takes to be a comrade.His words does not hold water because he has compromised himself with the politicians by taking contract of buying rams.Shame on you Umar.
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