…Seeks FG’s speedy resolution of academic sector strikes

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for urgent solution to the strike actions embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN). The congress made this call at the end of its NEC meeting held at Labour House, Abuja. In […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for urgent solution to the strike actions embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN).

The congress made this call at the end of its NEC meeting held at Labour House, Abuja.

In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, it said the neglect of the education sector by both the federal and state governments was unabating.  He said the abandonment of the development of the  nation`s human capital is  exemplified by the refusal of government to respect the agreement it freely entered with ASUU, especially the Memorandum of Action of November 2017.

The congress said: “The agreement was primarily focused on adequate funding for the repositioning of public education in Nigeria for national rebirth and global competitiveness of the products of Nigerian universities.

“The Federal Government should honour its 2017 Memorandum of Action (MoA) Agreement with ASUU in order to restore sanity and raise the quality of the products of our public universities.

“The NEC also called on the federal and state governments to take into consideration the plight of Nigerian youth who are forced to idle away at home or to return to dilapidated teaching environments in our universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education.

“Furthermore, the NEC urges the governments to increase funding to our polytechnics, review the salary structure-cum-scheme of service of polytechnic staff, restore allowances withdrawn from polytechnic lecturers, immediately settle arrears of CONTESS 15 owed polytechnic lecturers and for the state governments all over the country to settle arrears of salaries and allowances owed polytechnic lecturers.”