ASUU strike: NLC declares ‘no pay, no work’

–Gives FG 4-week to reason renegotiations with unions successful tertiary institutions

—ASUU, SSANU, NAAT, ASUP, NASU, others to combat collectively

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its affiliate unions from the acquisition assemblage connected Monday declared  ‘ nary pay, nary work’, successful effect to the Federal Government declaration of ‘no work, nary pay’ argumentation arsenic a effect of the ongoing 2 weeks informing onslaught by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

The NLC alongside the unions besides gave the Federal Government a four-wheel ultimatum to reason outstanding renegotiations of the 2009 agreementts.

The unions see ASUU, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, SSANIP,  Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions, ASURI, College of Education Staff Union, COESU among others.

The unions resolved to squad up and enactment arsenic 1 assemblage successful their agitations and conflict with the government.

Speaking astatine the meeting, President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero said that it was resolved that the epoch of authorities signing an agreement, reneged connected the aforesaid statement and astatine the aforesaid clip endanger the unions was over.

He further accused the authorities of ever instigating situation which usually culminate successful onslaught actions.

“The NLC aft extended deliberation with the unions successful the tertiary institutions connected uncovering solutions to the perennial problems successful that assemblage decided to little you guys that we person resolved astatine the level of NLC to enactment with the unions to marque definite that we are capable to find a lasting solution connected the problems that they person been facing each these years.

“We person decided to found a model for engagement towards implementation of agreements, outstanding agreements, and towards sustainable backing of education, successful enactment with UNESCO principles of 25 percent, 26 percent backing of education, and reappraisal of wage structures and allowances successful the tertiary institutions, and arsenic good arsenic respect of commercialized national rights of corporate bargaining.

“On this regard, we discovered that those governments sent to meetings spell determination without mandate. Henceforth, nobody, the commercialized unions, either successful the tertiary institutions oregon anywhere, volition not spell into immoderate gathering with authorities representatives who don’t person mandates. Well, that is what is astatine the constituent of this crisis.

“You spell and decorativeness a negotiation, you motion an agreement, and past you spell backmost to renage, ne'er again. We volition not condone this act. All implicit the world, agreements are held successful precise superior dimension.”

On improvement of coordinated team, the NLC President said: “We person agreed to acceptable up a coordinated squad and past guarantee that we embark connected nationalist campaign, henceforth.

“But to reason it, we person decided to springiness the national authorities 4 weeks to reason each dialog successful this sector. They person started talks with ASUU,  but the occupation successful this assemblage goes beyond ASUU oregon 1 union. All different unions are arsenic involved.

“That is wherefore we are extending this to 4 weeks. If aft 4 weeks this dialog is not concluded, the organs of the NLC volition conscionable and instrumentality a nationwide enactment that each workers successful the country, each unions successful the state volition beryllium progressive truthful that we get to the basal of each this.

“The epoch of signing agreements, reneging and threatening the unions involved, that epoch has travel to an end.

“The alleged argumentation of nary work, nary pay, should henceforth beryllium nary pay, nary work. You can’t payment from an enactment you instigated. We person discovered that 90% of onslaught actions successful this state are caused by nonaccomplishment to obey agreements.

“And you can’t garbage to obey agreements and you punish the different party. So it’s a occupation of origin and effect. So the idiosyncratic that caused the occupation volition beryllium acceptable to carnivore the effect and you can’t bushed the kid and inquire the kid not to cry. “

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