The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) protracted strike has prompted the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to mobilize for a national strike.
Comrade Ayuba Wabba, president of the NLC, announced that the organization was planning a one-day warning strike to mobilize labor in support of the unions in the education sector, particularly ASUU, during the opening ceremony of the NEC meeting at Pascal Bafyau House in Abuja.
He bemoaned the fact that pupils haven’t been in class for four months in a row and that frustration has set in, leading to an increase in crime in the nation.
After the warning strike, a full-scale strike will start, according to Wabba, if the problems are not resolved.
The NLC also bemoaned the problem of “ghost workers,” which the federal government said it had discovered, as well as the money that had been made back through the process.
He urged the government to identify those responsible and bring charges against the offenders.
Labour also noted that the nation’s most recent compensation review occurred in 2009. Wabba remarked that, except from the minimum wage, there had not been a salary review in the public sector in the previous 14 years.
In terms of insecurity, he claimed that things had gotten worse during the previous four years. The kidnapped passengers of the train traveling from Abuja to Kaduna were brought to light by Wabba.
He pleaded with the administration to use IT to aid the military in combating insecurity.
No country can grow without security, and the sooner the government takes action, the better for the economy.
Additionally, he criticized the Kaduna State government for dismissing 2,267 teachers from the state.
The teachers were hired by the El-Rufai administration four years ago and were treated as casual employees, according to the Labour head.
He reaffirmed that Labour was prepared to face
He promised that Labour will challenge Governor El-Rufai on the subject and would not let him get his way.
