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NLC blasts Nigerian govt over disregard for agreements with ASUU, others

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday blasted the Federal Government for continually reneging on agreements made with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other sister unions in the country’s tertiary institutions, IgbereTV reports

The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, in his Easter message to workers and Nigerians in Abuja, argued that children from poor homes are the most affected by the strike.

He said students of public universities are at home “not by reason of choice but because our country cut short their hopes.”

He wondered why the federal government would not respect the Collective Bargaining Agreements it made with trade unions.

ASUU embarked on a 30-day warning strike on February 14 over the federal government’s failure to honour the previous agreements signed by both parties.

The union extended the strike by another eight weeks over the government’s recalcitrant position on the matter.

Wabba said: “The inability of the government to deliver on commitments it reached with our university workers, both academic and non-academic, has ensured that the streak of instability battering and buffeting our tertiary education system remains unresolved

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