ASUP condemns FG’s ‘lethargy’ on 10-month-old strike

The spokesman of the union,  Comrade Clement Chirman in a press statement issued after ASUP’s annual capacity building workshop which held in Nasarawa State over the weekend said participants “decried the constant spate of industrial unrests ravaging the education sector as it undermines national security- and traced the root cause to governments’ penchants for reneging […]

The spokesman of the union,  Comrade Clement Chirman in a press statement issued after ASUP’s annual capacity building workshop which held in Nasarawa State over the weekend said participants “decried the constant spate of industrial unrests ravaging the education sector as it undermines national security- and traced the root cause to governments’ penchants for reneging from agreements reached with trade unions.
Chirman added that participants condemned the use of techniques of intimidation by state security agents and the undue politicization of trade union disputes, noting that “this was manifested in the use of tear gas and water cannons on members of ASUP, COEASU, NLC, students and civil society groups in Abuja while exercising their rights to peaceful protest and expression on the 29th of April 2014 instead of addressing the concerns of the protesters..
ASUP called on heads of institutions to desist from infringing on the rights of staff to unionize as well as unduly interfering in union activities and finances.