The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Monday, urged the Nigeria Labour Congress to warn the Academic Staff Union of Universities to abide by the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act and call off its strike.
He spoke in Lagos at the opening ceremony of the 2022 edition of the National Labour Advisory Council.
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Ngige said, “If you’re a union, you give adequate notice before proceeding on strike…
“So, I’m using this opportunity to plead with the NLC, to which ASUU is affiliated, to call them to order, make them obey the law, to let them know what the Trade Disputes Act says and as university teachers who are even teaching industrial law, to abide by the law.
“They should call off that strike. That strike is not appropriately instituted. I’ve conciliated and made sure the issues in disputes have been decisively been dealt with.’’
He also stated that “The Nigeria Medical Association is not a trade union, the National Association of Resident Doctors is not a trade union. They’re associations of workers
“The university teachers are registered under the Academic Staff Union of Universities and are affiliated to the Nigerian Labour Congress, but that affiliation is only in name. It’s not indeed, because they don’t obey the Labour Act as it concerns conciliation.”
