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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has frowned astatine the Federal Government’s “No work, nary pay” policy, and emphasised that the union’s presumption remains “no pay, nary work”.
The NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, disclosed the group’s presumption connected Wednesday, portion addressing newsmen astatine the extremity of his sojourn to Governor Alex Otti of Abia, successful Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area.
The Federal Government, successful a circular dated October 13, 2025 and signed by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, directed Vice-Chancellors of national universities nationwide to strictly implement the “no work, nary pay” argumentation against members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, presently connected strike.
Ajaero said it was “illogical for authorities to expect productivity from workers who person not been paid their entitlements”, describing the argumentation arsenic “unjust and insensitive”.
According to him, since 2009, galore agreements reached betwixt the Federal Government and unions stay unfulfilled, resulting successful strikes and different forms of concern actions crossed sectors.
“The origin is non-payment, and the effect is nary work,” helium said.
Ajaero, therefore, advised the Federal Government to code the basal problem, “instead of punishing affected workers”.
He announced that each the unions successful the acquisition assemblage would conscionable connected Monday to see a corporate effect to government’s neglect of the sector.
He contended that nary federation develops without strengthening education, informing that continuous neglect was destroying Nigeria’s quality superior base.
He said that threats of withholding salaries were discouraging teachers and lecturers, hence galore had migrated overseas owed to mediocre payment and unfavourable moving conditions.
He said that fixing the acquisition assemblage would automatically fortify the nation’s system and beforehand societal stableness crossed each levels.
On the Labour Party crisis, Ajaero affirmed that the NLC remained the rightful proprietor of the party, being successful possession of its archetypal certificate of registration.
He dismissed the stance by individuals claiming ownership of the party, describing them arsenic “birds of passage”.
He said that efforts would beryllium enactment successful place to reorganise and betterment the enactment done ward, authorities and nationalist congresses.
On Abia workers’ welfare, Ajaero commended Otti for the advancement made but said determination were inactive immoderate areas that required urgent harmonisation and wage adjustment.
He pointed retired anomalies wherever immoderate inferior officers earned arsenic overmuch as, oregon much than, their seniors owed to incomplete consequential wage adjustments.
The NLC president urged the State Government to code the imbalance promptly to guarantee fairness, due promotion operation and concern harmony among Abia workers.
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