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ASUU: FG Appeal to NLC to Register CONUA, NAMDA

The Federal Government, Tuesday, appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress to rescind its opposition to the registration of two new academic unions in the Nigerian public university system.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige made the call on Tuesday in a statement by Olajide Oshundun, Head of Public Relations in the ministry.

The unions – Congress for Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) earlier received letters of recognition from the government.

In response, NLC President, Ayuba Wabba demanded withdrawal of the letters issued on the grounds that their registration contravened the laws guiding trade unionism.

But Ngige, in his reply, appealed to the NLC to allow the new bodies to exist in the spirit of Freedom of Association.

The minister said the Trade Dispute Act 2004 gives him the sole power to register new trade unions, either by registering a new union or regrouping existing ones.

Ngige explained that the new unions were offshoots or by-products of regrouping and their applications were considered by two committees of his ministry.

The official told the NLC that CONUA and NAMDA were regrouped from ASUU for efficiency and effectiveness in the system.

“Comrade President, do not unnecessarily oppose the registration of these new academic unions. As an uncle of the unions, oppose none in the spirit of Freedom of Association”, he noted.

Pointing out his power to register unions under Section 3 (2) of the Trade Dispute Act, CAP T14, Ngige cited a litigation in the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN).

The case involved the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) and the Federal Parastatals and Private Sector Pensioners Association of Nigeria (FEPPAN) regrouped from the NUP.

Ngige recalled that the NICN, in suit NICN/ABJ/219/2019, affirmed its initial ruling that the power to register trade unions resides with the Minister of Labour and Employment.

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