Because the two-week warning strike by the Tutorial Workers Union of Universities (ASUU) commenced on Sunday, the Federal Authorities has warned the union in opposition to disrupting the educational calendar, insisting that the “no work, no pay” coverage might be enforced if lecturers fail to renew duties.
In an announcement issued by the Director of Press and Public Relations on the Federal Ministry of Training, Folasade Boriowo, the Minister of Training, Dr. Tunji Alausa, reaffirmed the federal government’s dedication to constructive engagement geared toward attaining a long-lasting decision of points affecting the college system.
Alausa maintained that the federal government has proven sincerity, persistence, and goodwill in its dialogue with the union, noting that “just about all of the considerations raised by ASUU have been addressed.”
He listed the federal government’s efforts to incorporate the introduction of a better share of educating allowance and important enhancements within the situations of service of educational workers.
The remaining points, based on him, fall throughout the jurisdiction of college governing councils, which have not too long ago been reconstituted to deal with such inner issues.
The assertion added that each Alausa and the Minister of State for Training, Prof. Suwaiba Sai’d Ahmed, expressed disappointment that regardless of the federal government assembly agreeing deadlines for submitting its place, ASUU proceeded with the strike as a substitute of continuous dialogue.
“This motion doesn’t mirror a spirit of cooperation or equity to the scholars and the general public, particularly given the federal government’s demonstrable dedication and concrete steps already taken,” the assertion learn.
It additional warned: “The ‘no work, no pay’ coverage stays an extant labour legislation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the federal government might be guided by this legislation ought to tutorial actions be disrupted within the nation’s universities.
“Whereas authorities continues to reveal goodwill and adaptability, it won’t abdicate its accountability to uphold equity and accountability in the usage of public assets.”
The Ministry reassured college students, dad and mom, and the general public of the Federal Authorities’s dedication to sustaining industrial concord within the tertiary schooling sector. It urged all tutorial unions to embrace dialogue and partnership within the collective curiosity of Nigeria’s increased schooling system.
