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Strike: Labour Leaders Storm Offices, Chase out Workers
By Iyabo Adebisi, Rotimi Famakin The leadership of the organized labour in Oyo stormed the Agodi state Secretariat,Ibadan to enforce compliance of the indefinite strike declared by the Union over the proposed national minimum wage impasse with the federal government. There was partial compliance with the strike at the Secretariat, earlier on Monday as workers…
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SSANU Ends Warning Strike over Withheld Salaries
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has announced the end of its seven-day warning strike to give more room for the government to do the needful. The president of the association, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, made the declaration at a virtual stakeholders forum, organised by the Education Writers Association of Nigeria (EWAN) on Sunday…
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Strike: Accede to Our Demands, SSANU Tells FG
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke As the ongoing warning strike embarked upon by the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU continues to hinder activities at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, the Association’s leadership has called on the Federal Government to urgently accede to their demands. Academic activities around the Alabata campus of the University…
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Walk Your Talk, NLC Tells FG Ahead 2-Day Nationwide Protest
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Friday, directed its members and affiliate unions to begin mobilisation for a two-day nationwide protest expected to take place on February 27 and 28, if the federal government fails to implement all the agreements signed with it in October 2023. The two-day nationwide protest according to the communique signed by the…
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TCN Denies Report on National Blackout
As workers commenced a nationwide indefinite strike on Tuesday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has said there is no truth in a media report about a looming national blackout. TCN emphasised that the claim made by an online news outlet alleging that the Head of Public Affairs of TCN predicted a national blackout was…
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NLC Strike: Ogun, Oyo Witnessed Partial Compliance
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke/ Iyabo Adebisi The nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress,TUC, witnessed partial compliance in Ogun State with a section of the workers absent at their duty posts while others claimed the strike was yet to commence. Radio Nigeria Correspondents observed a reduction in business activities…
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NLC Poised for Showdown with Imo Govt on Nov 1
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will mobilize its members to storm Imo State on Wednesday, November 1. Briefing journalists at the Labour House on Sunday in Abuja, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, accused the Imo State Government of violating the rights of the Nigerian workers in the state. Accusing Governor Hope Uzodimma of…
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FG Halts Contempt Suit against Labour
The Federal Government on Monday said it did not proceed with the contempt suit it planned to file against Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for organizing nationwide protest against fuel subsidy removal on August 2, 2023. The National Industry Court had stopped the organized labour from going on strike, however…
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NLC Notifies ASUU, JUSUN, Other Affiliates ahead of Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress has written all its 43 affiliate unions to mobilise for a scheduled industrial action primed to begin on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, The PUNCH reports. The strike follows the increment in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit. Some of the affiliates of the NLC include – the Academic Staff Union…
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PASAN Extends Warning Strike
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, Ogun State chapter has extended its three days warning strike following the failure of the state government to accede to their demands. PASAN had last week declared a three-day to register workers displeasure with the state government over the non implementation of Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure.…
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Ogun Assembly Staff Embark on Warning Strike
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, Ogun chapter, has embarked on a three – day warning strike to demand the immediate implementation of Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure, CONLESS, from the state government. Addressing newsmen at the entrance of Ogun State House Assembly in Abeokuta, PASAN chairman, Mr Ayotunde Ojediran, said the…
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Strike Hits Public Transport in Tunisia
Public transport in the Tunisian capital ground to a halt after employees of the state transport company went on strike on Monday over delays to salary payments. Hundreds of workers staged a protest outside the prime minister’s office. The industrial action highlights problems facing public companies as the government of President Kais Saied grapples with…
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Kenyan Pilots Call Off Strike
Kenya Airways pilots returned to work on Wednesday after a court ordered them to end their long strike, which led to hundreds of flight cancellations and stranded thousands of passengers. The report says the strike, which began on Saturday, exacerbated the troubled national carrier’s woes, which has vowed to “do everything possible to return to…
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ASUU! STRIKE!! SALARY!!!
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Reactions Trail Suspension of Strike by ASUU
Some students and business operators at the University of Ibadan have reacted to the eight monthly strikes suspended by the University striking lecturers. A Master Student of Microbiology, Ridwan Adeagbo, 500 Level Student of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, Dorcas Kayode and a 600 Level student of Veterinary Medicine, Joshua Akinniyi said the strike should…
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ASUU Strike: Citizens Lament Grounded Businesses, Academic Activities
One of the items of the sustainable development goals is access to quality education. In Nigeria at present however , over 7 months ASUU strike has destabilized the school’s academic calendar and also crippled business activities around varsities. The 7months plus strike did not only affect business activities, academic calendar has been destabilized for the…
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COEASU Extends Strike
Lecturers in the Nigerian colleges of education have extended their ongoing strike by three weeks. The lecturers, under the aegis of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, blamed their decision on the failure of the Federal Government to embrace the union’s preference for the University Transparency Accountability System, UTAS and the failure of the…
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ASUU Strike: Union Meets August 1
The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities is scheduled to hold its meeting in the first week of August, 2022. Report says, a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the strike which enters its 155th day on Tuesday, 19th July, will be taken at the meeting. ASUU on…
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ASUU Will Call Off Strike Soon- Ngige
The Federal Government says, the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities would soon be called off. This was as it said there are no plans to establish an alternative payment platform for all the labour unions in tertiary institutions. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this while fielding questions…
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No Work, No Pay: You can’t force us to resume – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities says its members are not beggars and that the stoppage of their salaries by the government won’t force them to call off their strike. The leadership of the union also commended the members for keeping faith with the union despite the hardship imposed on their families as a result…
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Resumption: ASUP has made a remarkable difference – Ngige
The federal government has commended the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, for calling off its warning strike and resuming duties. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige in a statement issued in Abuja by Olajide Oshundun, Head, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, said it was heartwarming that…
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ASUP Suspends Strike
Lecturers in public polytechnics across the country will resume on May 30, 2022, following a directive from the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics. The union had, on May 16, 2022, commenced a two-week warning strike over the failure of the government to meet some lingering demands. Some of the demands which the union listed had…
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Strike: We Feel your Pains, ASUU Tells Students
The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has sympathized with university students over the prolonged strike by the union. Professor Osodeke made this known in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Ota, while reacting to the N34 billion released by the Federal Government for payment of minimum wage consequential adjustment.…
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ASUU Strike: Baptist Convention President Calls for Prompt Resolution
For the upteenth time, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has again extended its ongoing strike by another twelve weeks, making it six months running that students have been off academic work. Reason for the Union’s refusal to call off the strike remains government’s negligence to honour their agreement on issues affecting the academic…
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Anger, Frustration As Passengers Attempt Securing Flight To Beat Strike
Following the likelihood of a nationwide strike by airline operators on Monday, 9th May,2022, as earlier announced, many passengers are having a hard time securing flights to their destinations.Our correspondent who visited the Ibadan Airport based in Alakia around 7pm on Sunday, reports that anger and frustration were evident on the faces of passengers as…
