I’ll Be Surprised If NLC Goes Ahead With Protest Over ASUU Strike- Ngige

Posted by Amarachi on Thu 21st Jul, 2022 - tori.ng

The Minister also said the NLC has representatives on the negotiation with ASUU, and the congress is privy to all discussions with the university lecturers’ union.

Chris Ngige

Nigerian Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has said that he will be surprised if the National Labour Congress (NLC) goes ahead with the planned protest scheduled for July 26 and 27 in solidarity with the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

Addressing journalists, Ngige said such protest is against international labour practice.

The Minister also said the NLC has representatives on the negotiation with ASUU, and the congress is privy to all discussions with the university lecturers’ union.

Ngige said;

“It is a very incongruous situation I must tell you. Why? NLC is on the table of the discussion. They are there. I invited them as the head of the federation to which ASUU belongs, to which SSANU belongs, to which NAAT belongs.

“I invited them. And so, they are on the table as their senior partner. That’s one. Two, we have a National Labour Advisory Council inaugurated in January 2021. It is an ILO instrument, an ILO architecture for labour unions, governments, and the private sector to come together at any given time.

“So, we’ve just finished our meeting in March, and this issue was tabled before them. And the NLC is in NLAC, the National Labour Advisory Council, and much more importantly, the head of NLC, Nigeria, has an affiliate of workers federation, worldover called International Trade Union Congress.

“So, I will be surprised if he’s going ahead with his NEC to do a demonstration, knowing fully well that that is not permissible in international labour parlance.”

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