The spokesman for the Ministry of Education, Gong, has hatred for this union; he just pushes out lies without consulting.” EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will on Friday, July 30, 2021, meet with the Federal Government (FG) to avert another fresh strike in federal universities across the country. … Read more
“This is coming as a result of the failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to implement many aspects of memorandum of Action (MoA) it willingly signed with ASUU that ended the last strike in December 2020.” EKO HOT BLOG reports that university lecturers have threatened to embark on another strike after the federal government … Read more
The electricity workers have appealed to the National Assembly and Nigerians to resist the push for the sale of TCN which will further leave the nation with regrets. Electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have threatened to embark on a Nationwide strike to halt the proposed sale of … Read more
“We commend the government on its commitment to reviving the education sector so far, but we want the government to address some, if not all of the issues raised by ASUU The National Association of University Students (NAUS) has on Sunday appealed to the Federal Government to urgently address ASUU demands to avert another strike. … Read more
Wabba accused El-Rufai of failing to respect the Memorandum of Understanding brokered between the NLC and the state government… The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Tuesday, said it would resume its suspended industrial action in Kaduna State over the mass sacking of workers and other anti- labour practices by Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s administration. EKO HOT … Read more
“Many of our members in the University of Jos and across the country have not been paid salaries from February 2020 to date. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another strike over the deliberate refusal of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, to pay the salaries and … Read more
ASUU has warned the Federal Government (FG) of another strike in universities. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (FG) has called on the Federal Government (FG) to resolve outstanding issues before the suspension of its 10-month strike to guarantee peace in universities across the country. The ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel … Read more
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Lagos State Chapter, has resumed full duty after a 23-day strike. Recall that the JUSUN members have been on an indefinite nationwide strike since April 6 to press for financial autonomy of the judiciary from the executive. Judicial workers have resumed full duty in Lagos state after a … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a five-day strike in both public and private organisations in Kaduna State over the mass sack of workers by the state government. It would be recalled that on April 6, over 4000 staff across 23 local governments were sacked by the Kaduna State Government. The Nigeria Labour Congress … Read more
Some Uber and Bolt e-cab drivers in Lagos have called on the e-hailing companies to immediately increase fares being charged by the operators, failing which they would go off the roads on Monday. The National President of PEDPA, Idris Shonuga, at a news conference in Lagos on Saturday, called for immediate upward review of e-cab … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has on Tuesday morning announced the commencement of an indefinite strike. This comes despite the federal government’s move to avert strike action in Polytechnics. The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has on Tuesday morning announced the commencement of an indefinite strike. The President of the union, Anderson … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been invited to an emergency meeting by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, over the threat to embark on another round of strike. The Minister said the meeting was intended to nip the strike in the bud. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been … Read more
Ngige insisted that it was now time to invoke the no-work-no-pay rule. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed that Federal Government will call the leadership of the striking National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) into a meeting for the purpose of ending the ongoing strike. EKO HOT BLOG had earlier r that the … Read more
Recall that Doctors across the country embarked on a nationwide strike on Thursday for non-payment of wage. The Doctors in Bauchi who are staff of ATBUTH, and Federal Medical Centre in Azare were seen sitting in groups at the two hospitals in compliance with the directives of the national body. Branch Chairman of National Association … Read more
Lecturers of the Taraba State University have proceeded on another indefinite strike. The call by the institution’s Academic Staff of Union of Universities, ASUU, for its members to desert classrooms on Tuesday has infuriated most of the students had resumed the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic session on Monday, March 1. A 400-level student … Read more
The Unions are dissatisfied with the sharing formula of the ₦40b EAA, non-payment of arrears of the new minimum wage The SSANU President said on Tuesday that MoUs are now a charade because the government does not follow through with it. The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff … Read more
Workers of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have suspended the strike they embarked upon on Thursday. The workers of the commission had engaged in the action over the fear of COVID-19 spread in the federation. The workers were said to have put the strike on hold after a meeting with the Federal Government, where … Read more
The Federal Government has warned against #EndASUU protest following the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, who gave this warning said those planning to use the #EndASUU protest to destroy public and private properties would be disappointed. He spoke yesterday in Abuja at … Read more
The organized labour in Imo State has ordered workers in the state to embark on an eight-day warning strike, beginning from today, Monday, December 21, 2020. This was contained in a press release signed by the Labour’s state Chairman and the Secretary, Austin Chilakpo and Ken Onwuemeodo, respectively. According to the statement, the warning strike … Read more
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to call its members to down tools nationwide if the Federal Government fail to improve security around schools across the country. The union stated this while reacting to the abduction of over 300 students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Eko Hot Blog had … Read more