Education

ASUU Ends Warning Strike

By Web News 766

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has released a statement which says its warning strike will end tomorrow (Monday).

The development comes amidst fear that the stalemate between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government was becoming protracted starting with a one-month warning strike by the union on February 14 this year over the non-implementation of an agreement reached with the government in 2020.

On March 14, ASUU extended the strike by eight weeks citing an unfavourable response on the path of the Federal Government to its demands.

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Education

Activities Grounded in UI as Strike by Unions Bites Hard

By Web News 699

 Following another two weeks warning strike announced by members of Nonacademic Staff Union, NASU and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian University, SSANU, commercial activities in University of Ibadan have been grounded. 

Radio Nigeria’s correspondent, who monitored the situation, reports low turn-out of students at the commercial motor park at the institution’s main gate with long queue of vehicles and trycles parked with no passengers boarding them.

Trading activities within the campus were also at a very low ebb.

Lamenting the low patronage, Chairman, Campus Cab and Trycyles Operators, University of Ibadan Council, Mr Temitope Joseph, said the warning strike had affected their daily income.

Speaking on the strike, the Chairman, Joint Action Committee, JAC, an umbrella body of NASU and SSANU, University of Ibadan chapter, Mr Abiodun Omisore said the strike was called following failure of the Federal government to renegotiate 2009 memorandum of understanding, usurpation of some positions, failure to pay minimum wage arrears and failure of government to reposition e Nigerian universities to be at par with their counterparts in the developed world.

Speaking in the same vein, Chairman, Nigerian Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, Mr Paul Yahayah said laboratories on the campus as well as other equipment that required regular calibrations and workshops had been locked due to failure of government to honour the 2009 memorandum of understanding and memorandum of agreement.

Mr Yahayah said since the commencement of the strike, government had not reached out to them, adding that disposition of government to their demands would further determine their next line of action.

Rotimi Famakin

Economy

Labour Union in Ogun Calls off Warning Strike

By Web News 973

The organized labour in Ogun State has called off its one-week warning strike.

The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Emmanuel Bankole announced this to newsmen shortly after a meeting with government representatives led by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi.

Mr Bankole said the state government had agreed to commence the implementation of the new minimum wage from next month.

Mr Bankole also announced that the state government had agreed to earmark 500 million for clearance of gratuity on quarterly basis, while payment would commence latest by January 2021.

While explaining that the state government also agreed to begin the process of outstanding promotion exercise with immediate effect, the NLC chairman said other demands of the organized labour would be subject to joint review.

Mr Bankole, who commended the state government for sustaining payment of Gross salary, gave the assurance that the entire workforce in the state would reciprocate the gesture of the government.

Bolanle Adesida