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Half Salary: ASUU To Embark On Nationwide Protest
The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to embark on a one-day nationwide protest rally over the implementation by the Federal Government of a “no-work, no-pay” policy for lecturers in the country.
The protest will be organised at the branch levels of the union across public university campuses nationwide and it will take place as a lecture-free day for all lecturers who are members.
A member of the National Executive Council of the union confirmed this in an interview with our correspondent on Sunday.
“We are protesting. Branches will choose their own dates, the government needs to understand that we are not casual workers.”
Confirming the development, a letter signed by the chairperson of ASUU, University of Lagos branch, Dr Dele Ashir, noted that the branch would protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
The letter which was addressed to “all stakeholders” noted that the special congress/ protest rally against the casualization of intellectualism in Nigeria will hold on “Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at Julius Berger auditorium.”
Details later…
November 13, 2022
Aviation Workers Embark on Nationwide Protest
Aviation workers are currently protesting across the country over an alleged ‘obnoxious’ legislation.
Aviation workers embark on nationwide protest
Ben Nnabue, President of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) told newsmen that the protest is simultaneously taking place in all the airports in the federation.
Nnabue who revealed that they are demanding the removal of a clause in an act establishing aviation agencies that seeks to prevent trade unions from protesting, gave the federal government a 14-day ultimatum for them to look into their demands, or see them embark on a full-blown strike that might possibly shutdown airport activities.
He said;
“Sometime last year, we went to the national assembly to amend the act establishing the agencies, so that it would be more progressive. There was one obnoxious clause that talked about trade unions not going on strike.
“We were shocked that before they sent it to the president for assent, those clauses were maliciously inserted. So we have to fight for them to remove it. That’s the whole idea.
“It is a peaceful demonstration. It is after now and they didn’t hear us or didn’t look at our demands, then we get to the level of grounding the operations of airports,” he said.
“We have given government 14-days ultimatum to look at our demands, after which we now do what is called strike.”
September 12, 2022
Kogi NLC Joins Nationwide Protest, Frowns At The FG Insensitivity On Universities
From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja
The Chairman of the Kogi State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Onu Edoka on Tuesday in Lokoja described the Federal Government’s Insensitive to the plight of the nation’s Tertiary Institutions as unfortunate.
The Kogi State Chapter of the NLC which Joined the Nationwide rally in support of Unions in tertiary institutions and students as directed by the National Leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress urged the federal government to reopen all the nation’s Tertiary Institutions.
Speaking at the Government House Lokoja, the NLC Chairman, Comr Onuh Edoka, who was represented by his Vice, Comr. Simeon Opaluwa Eleojo, lamented that the federal government’s insensitive has caused untold hardship on parents, children and the workers in the tertiary Institutions who are being owed salaries for months.
While pointing out that the insensitive on the part of the federal government to keep the students at home has worsened the nation’s insecurity, urged the federal government to quickly meet up with the ASUU’s demands.
The NLC said as the future leaders of the nation keeping the students at home has further added to the security threat the nation is currently facing, pointing out that an idle mind is usually the devil’s workshop, describing the decision to keep mute over the demands of the workers as wicked and insensitive.
The NLC called on the federal government to immediately return the nation’s children who have been at home for six months to the class rooms, saying enough is enough.
The Kogi NLC disclosed that the strike action began on 14th February, 2022, calling for the intervention of the Kogi State Governor to prevail on the federal government to reach an agreement with the workers.
While the NLC said it has taken measures on its part to call off the strike action, it called on the federal government to amongst other requests shelve the IPPS, pay salaries of the tertiary institutions workers and put in place measures to reposition the nation’s Universities.
Highlights of the peaceful protests was a march through the Stella Obasanjo Library to the Government House, where a letter was handed over to the State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who was represented by his Deputy, Chief Edward Onoja, for onward delivery to the Federal Government.
July 26, 2022
Lawyers March To NASS, As Judiciary Workers Begin Nationwide Protest
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Monday marched to the National Assembly in solidarity with judiciary workers who are protesting financial autonomy.
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to press home their demands has commenced a nationwide strike.
At the nation’s capital, the JUSUN workers converged on the gate of the court of appeal in Abuja chanting solidarity songs and displaying placards.
Toping the list of demands is the issue of financial autonomy to the judiciary. They are also asking for the payment of peculiar allowances to their members.
JUSUN had since April 6, 2021, left the courts in Nigeria under lock and key because of the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary as the third arm of government.
The union had alleged that the Federal and State governments had over the years, declined to grant financial autonomy to the judiciary.
The NBA President had earlier on Friday directed its branch chairmen nationwide to lead “visits” to government houses in their states over the 36 governors’ alleged unwillingness to implement judiciary’s financial autonomy.
A statement by the president of the association, Olumide Akpata, directed the branch chairmen to lead the “visits”, which are more like peaceful protests, on Monday, and on all other subsequent Mondays until the demand for the judiciary’s financial autonomy is met.
It urged the branch leaders “to effectively mobilise their members” for the “visit to the governors at the state government houses” to press home the demand.
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April 19, 2021
Pensioners Threaten Nationwide Protest, Give FG 21-Day Ultimatum
Pensioners in Nigeria have threatened to embark on a nationwide protest giving the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum.
The pensioners during a briefing at the nation’s capital, Abuja called on the Federal Government to implement the Consequential adjustment of pensions, arising from the implementation of the National minimum wage for Nigerian workers; hence they will occupy streets in protest.
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Abel Afolayan said it is disheartening that after two years of implementing the national minimum wage, the Federal Government is yet to approve their demands as stipulated in the constitution.
Quoting from the 1999 constitution with respect to sections 173(3) and 210 (3) as it affects the 5 -yearly review of pension, Afolayan said they should be a review or together with the salary reviews of workers
The pensioners said further that two years after the adjustment of salaries and the implementation of the N30,000 national minimum wage as approved by the Government, they are still waiting for the approval of their own consequential adjustment of monthly pensions, in compliance with the above constitutional stipulation, even after several efforts by the national leadership of the union.
File photo of retired soldiers protesting
It will be recalled that retired soldiers earlier in January occupied the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, over the non-payment of their pension arrears.
The ex-servicemen appealled to the Federal Government to approve the payment of minimum wage arrears accruing to them between 2019 till date.
They also demanded a stop on all deductions on the pension of all retired medical officers as well as the inclusion of officers who fought during the civil war on the military pension scheme.
March 19, 2021