Ngige to NLC: Call ASUU To Order; their Strike Is Illegal
The Nigerian Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Monday, called on the Nigeria Labour Congress to warn the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to abide by the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act and call off its strike.
The minister spoke in Lagos at the opening ceremony of the 2022 edition of the National Labour Advisory Council.
This comes as the lecturers union, ASUU is already in its fourth week into its industrial action that started on February 14.
He said, “If you’re a union, you give adequate notice before proceeding on strike…
“So, I’m using this opportunity to plead with the NLC, to which ASUU is affiliated, to call them to order, make them obey the law, to let them know what the Trade Disputes Act says and as university teachers who are even teaching industrial law, to abide by the law.
“They should call off that strike. That strike is not appropriately instituted. I’ve conciliated and made sure the issues in disputes have been decisively been dealt with.’’
He also stated that “The Nigeria Medical Association is not a trade union, the National Association of Resident Doctors is not a trade union. They’re associations of workers
“The university teachers are registered under the Academic Staff Union of Universities and are affiliated to the Nigerian Labour Congress, but that affiliation is only in name. It’s not indeed, because they don’t obey the Labour Act as it concerns conciliation.”
ASUU has been on a four-week strike since February 14 over the non-implementation of some aspects of the 2009 Agreement and the non-payment of salaries cum allowances of some members and the use of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS, as the payment platform in the university system.
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