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Salary arrears: Trouble looms in debtor states as NUT directs members to begin strike

Ihesiulo Grace 23 January 2018 0

…Debtor states include Abia, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo, Kwara, Taraba Another round of trouble looms in some states across the country, as the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), that seemed to have run out of patience with the state governors, may soon order their

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Public corporation union suspends one-day warning strike

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2018 0

The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Technical and Recreational Employees (AUPCTRE) branch of the Investment and Security Tribunal(IST) has suspended its one-day warning strike. A statement co-signed by Mr Ikechuckwu Ogu, AUPCTRE-IST Chairman and its Secretary, Diepiribo Briggs, on Tuesday said that the strike was suspended until Jan. 22 to allow for further

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Strike: Non-academic unions to cut-off water, power supply in UNN

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2018 0

Barely a week after returning for academic activities, the students of University of Nigeria Nsukka have been advised to go back home. This is because the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of trade unions of the University who gave the advised have threatened to shut down power, water supply beginning from Wednesday to the campus as […]

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Relief as PENGASSAN suspends industrial action

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2017 0

• Fuel crisis crippled business activities nationwide • Minister’s intervention aborted strike Nigerians on Monday heaved a sigh of relief as the planned strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN) was suspended by the masterminds of the industrial strike. The decision to call off the industrial action by the […]

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ASUU blasts JAC over ongoing strike at varsities

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

.Insists earned allowance only for academic staff Says lecturers won’t go on strike, commends FG on agreement .Why we’re on strike- SSANU, NASU, NAAT The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has criticised the current industrial action embarked upon by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) which comprises the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities

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Kogi: NMA threatens to resume strike, issues two weeks ultimatum

Ihesiulo Grace 5 December 2017 0

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Kogi State Council has threatened to resume strike it suspended in June, if the State Government fails to meet their demands in a fortnigh. The NMA disclosed its readiness to engage the government in a communique issued at the end of the State Executive Council Meeting, signed by its Chairman […]

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Why we suspended 15-day-old strike- ASUP

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2017 0

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), on Wednesday, announced the suspension of its 15 day-old strike it embarked on November 19, 2017. The President of ASUP, Usman Dutse, made the announcement in Bauchi during a press conference held at the Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi. Dutse is currently in Bauchi to head the 14th […]

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Transport unions pledge support to FCTA

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2017 0

Contrary to the rumour making the round on the possibility of the coalition of transportation unions across the Federal Capital Territory embarking on mass strike, in protest to the mass arrest of unpainted taxis the unions, the unions have debunked the rumour, thereby throwing their weight behind the FCTA and agreeing to its policies to […]

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Usman Dan Fodiyo goes hard on striking doctors

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2017 0

The management of the Usman Dan Fodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto has issued a “No Work No Pay” circular to striking resident doctors. More to follow

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ULC suspends strike, resumes negotiation with FG next week 

Ihesiulo Grace 20 September 2017 0

The United Labour Congress, (ULC) has suspended it’s 2 day-old nationwide strike which commenced on Monday.     The National President of ULC Comrade Joe Ajaero  said this after the meeting with the Federal Government Negotiation Team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige in Abuja. According to  Comrade Ajaero, The […]

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Resident doctors suspend strike

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2017 Post a comment

The National Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its 10-day nationwide strike action. NARD had started an indefinite strike on Monday, September 4 to protest poor welfare of members and demand for improved conditions of service. More to follow

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ASUU and FG reach breakthrough

Ihesiulo Grace 8 September 2017 0

Striking university lecturers have agreed to consider the federal government’s offer to suspend their strike. The agreement comes after a meeting with a government delegation that lasted 12 hours and 30 minutes. The meeting started 1:38pm on Thursday and ended 2:15 am on Friday. The leadership of ASUU, however, said though it accepted the proposal […]

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Kogi workers may go on strike over payment of half salary

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2017 0

A one-week ultimatum has been issued to Kogi state government by the organised labour to press home their demand for workers full salary for the month of July. This, they hinged on the sustenance of existing industrial peace and harmony in the state. In a bulletin signed by 35 out of the 42 chairmen and […]

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STRIKE: FG/ASUU continues negotiation today

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2017 0

*Optimism about an early call off *Crisis averted as NANS factions clash at ASUU strike protest The federal government’s negotiating team led by the Ministers of Labour and Education are expected to resume negotiations with the national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) today, in a bid to finding an early call […]

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SSANU, NASU, join ASUU in total shutdown of university system

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 0

All the major non-teaching staff unions of Nigerian public universities have resolved to embark on an indefinite strike from next Monday, September 11. The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU; Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU; and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, announced the

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ASUU strike: Varsity chapters comply with directive

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2017 0

• Academic activities grounded at UI, UNICAL, others • Other ASUU chapters to join today in solidarity • UNN workers, management in show down over allowances Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in most universities across the country late Monday afternoon complied with the directive of the national leadership of the union […]

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Cross River Govt wants workers to suspend strike

Ihesiulo Grace 23 June 2017 0

The Cross River State Government has called on civil servants in the state to call off their strike, saying it was uncalled for since it has met all the demands of the workers. Addressing Government House Press Corps in Calabar on Thursday, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs Tina Bankor Agbor, urged the […]

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Pay us our salaries or face indefinite strike- Igbobi Workers

Ihesiulo Grace 26 January 2017 0

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) National Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi, Yaba has embarks on a peaceful protest yesterday for the non-payment of salaries by the management of the hospital. Speaking the Chairman of JAC, Comrade Awe Olugbenga said that the 48 hours work to rule is just a warning strike action by the union for the management […]

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Nurses call off strike in Delta’s public hospitals

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2017 0

Nurses working under the Delta state Hospitals Management Board (HMB) have called off the strike they embarked upon on Dec. 23, 2016 The Public Relations Officer, Delta state Ministry of Health, Mr. Ojebo Donald, in a statement issued in Asaba on Tuesday said the industrial action was suspended on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. Donald said […]

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Kidnapping: ASUU Threatens Strike as Members Protest in Ekiti

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2015 0

Following the abduction of another member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ekiti State University chapter, at the weekend, the body, on Monday, staged a protest, in Ado-Ekiti, against incessant kidnapping of its members, and gave the State Government till Friday, May 22, to rescue the victims, failing which they would go on […]