NLC gives FG 4 weeks to resolve crisis in tertiary education

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has fixed the Federal Government a four-week ultimatum to reason each ongoing negotiations successful the tertiary acquisition sector.

Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, gave the ultimatum astatine an exigency quality league connected Monday successful Abuja aft an extended gathering with unions successful the tertiary institutions.

He said the determination followed years of unfulfilled agreements and underfunding of the acquisition sector, which had contributed to recurring strikes and instability successful universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.

“We person decided to springiness the national authorities 4 weeks to reason each ongoing negotiations successful the sector,” Ajaero said.

The president said that nonaccomplishment to conscionable the deadline would compel the NLC to mobilise each workers and unions crossed the state for a nationwide action.

“After 4 weeks, if nary meaningful advancement is made, the organs of the NLC volition conscionable and instrumentality a nationwide enactment that volition impact each workers and each unions successful the country,” helium added.

Ajaero added that the legislature had resolved to enactment with acquisition unions to guarantee lasting solutions to the challenges successful the sector.

He said the NLC had besides established a model for engagement toward implementing outstanding agreements and ensuring sustainable backing of the acquisition sector.

“We are committed to ensuring that acquisition successful Nigeria receives capable attraction and sustainable backing successful enactment with the minimum benchmark of 25 per cent budgetary allocation.

“We telephone for the reappraisal of wage structures and allowances for world and non-academic unit to bespeak existent economical realities.

“The payment of workers successful our tertiary institutions is captious to achieving prime education. We can’t proceed to run with outdated wage structures portion expecting world-class results,” helium said.

Ajaero further faulted the government’s dialog approach, noting that officials often attended meetings without wide mandates to marque binding decisions.

“It is unacceptable for officials to be talks without the authorization to marque binding commitments. This signifier has contributed to the recurring crises successful the sector,” helium said.

He expressed NLC’s readiness to support workers’ rights, stressing that the epoch of signing and breaking agreements had ended.

“We volition not fold our arms portion our acquisition strategy suffers. If the authorities fails to act, we volition mobilise each unions to request justness and fairness,” helium assured.

(NAN)

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