"It's illegal to go on strike while negotiations is ongoing" - FG to SSANU, NASU

The Federal Government has advised the Non-academic Unions of Universities preparing to embark on industrial action from midnight of February 5 to have a rethink as such action would be illegal. It therefore pleads with the unions to allow three months of grace for the Federal Government to forward the 2021 Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly to cover arrears of the minimum wage that have not been paid to them.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), the Non-Academic Staff to Universities (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), had recently given notices of embarking on a strike over a variety of issues to be sorted out with Government. However, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, while speaking to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, said going ahead to effect the strike while negotiations are still ongoing would be a breach of local and international Labour codes and statutes.

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