ASUU Solidarity Strike: NLC Records Poor Outing, Ports Workers Shun Strike
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By Our Correspondent
The planned strike scheduled to kick-off on Tuesday to compel the federal government to resolve months of industrial action by university lecturers in Nigeria recorded poor turn-out.
Our Correspondents report that the NLC protest took place only in Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Kwara, Enugu, Benue, Sokoto, Lagos and Plateau.
This was contrary to the NLC President’s statement that the strike was to be observed in the 36 states of the country, including the FCT Abuja.
In Lagos, the protest was noticed mainly in Ikeja area as representatives of NLC were seen at Ikeja Under-bridge around 8.45am gathering.
Among those at the gathering were members of
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU).
However, members of the Maritime Workers Union (MWUN) appeared to have shunned the protest as work continued in Lagos seaports throughout Tuesday.
It was also gathered that there was no protest in Onne, PortHarcourt, Calabar and Delta ports as ports operations went on normally.
The President of the NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, who spoke to newsmen in Akwa Ibom on Monday said members have been contacted from the 36 states of the country and Abuja to be part of the warning strike.
He told newsmen, “The protest happening tomorrow is not a solidarity protest but a protest of NLC against government actions that lead to our universities being shut down and our kids staying at home instead of going to school. All the unions directly involved in the strike are NLC affiliates and their members are part of NLC.
“We have taken three levels of decision. First is the protest which is going to be national tomorrow. After the protest, a three days national warning strike will start, and if they fail to resolve the issues and bring back our kids to school, we go on indefinite strike.
“That is the decision of our National Executive Council. And what will be helpful for them is to check the timeline we have given for them to resolve the issues. We are optimistic that they will be willing this time because we are also willing to get our children back to school.”
The planned strike scheduled to kick-off on Tuesday to compel the federal government to resolve months of industrial action by university lecturers in Nigeria recorded poor turn-out.
Our Correspondents report that the NLC protest took place only in Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Kwara, Enugu, Benue, Sokoto, Lagos and Plateau.
This was contrary to the NLC President’s statement that the strike was to be observed in the 36 states of the country, including the FCT Abuja.
In Lagos, the protest was noticed mainly in Ikeja area as representatives of NLC were seen at Ikeja Under-bridge around 8.45am gathering.
Among those at the gathering were members of
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU).
However, members of the Maritime Workers Union (MWUN) appeared to have shunned the protest as work continued in Lagos seaports throughout Tuesday.
It was also gathered that there was no protest in Onne, PortHarcourt, Calabar and Delta ports as ports operations went on normally.
The President of the NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, who spoke to newsmen in Akwa Ibom on Monday said members have been contacted from the 36 states of the country and Abuja to be part of the warning strike.
He told newsmen, “The protest happening tomorrow is not a solidarity protest but a protest of NLC against government actions that lead to our universities being shut down and our kids staying at home instead of going to school. All the unions directly involved in the strike are NLC affiliates and their members are part of NLC.
“We have taken three levels of decision. First is the protest which is going to be national tomorrow. After the protest, a three days national warning strike will start, and if they fail to resolve the issues and bring back our kids to school, we go on indefinite strike.
“That is the decision of our National Executive Council. And what will be helpful for them is to check the timeline we have given for them to resolve the issues. We are optimistic that they will be willing this time because we are also willing to get our children back to school.”
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