Laboratory workers vow to continue strike
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has vowed to continue with the strike action it embarked on since December 4, 2017, as several meetings with the government and House of Representatives committee on education has not yielded positive result. NAAT President, Comrade Sani Suleiman said there has been total compliance by its members in […]
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has vowed to continue with the strike action it embarked on since December 4, 2017, as several meetings with the government and House of Representatives committee on education has not yielded positive result.
NAAT President, Comrade Sani Suleiman said there has been total compliance by its members in all the universities in the strike action jointly embarked upon with other sister unions, which includes Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (SSANU).
He said, “We have sent national monitoring team to all the universities and the result we got as far as the strike is concerned is encouraging and so we will continue with the strike until we hear something favourable from the government.”
Meanwhile, the union at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting accused the government of insensitivity to the demands of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) Unions of NAAT, NASU and SSANU.
In a communique signed by NAAT General Secretary, Comrade Iyoyo Hamilton, the NEC of the union resolved to continue with the strike saying the government`s attitude shows lack of commitment to educational growth.
They therefore called on the government to do the needful, so that the unions may call off the strike action.
“NAAT observes with dismay, the extremely slow pace by which the federal government is handling the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/NAAT Agreement for Universities, Colleges of Education and Polytechnics. We urge government to embark upon the renegotiation exercise with the seriousness it deserves,” the communique said.