ASUU STRIKE: NLC Threatens Nationwide Strike

The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress has
threatened to call a nationwide industrial action if
the Federal Government fails to stop the ongoing
strike by university lecturers under the banner of
the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The NLC, in a communiqué issued at the end of its
National Executive Committee meeting in Kaduna on
Wednesday, said it was unfortunate that the
government had not taken the expected steps to stop
the ongoing strike that has crippled academic activities
in public universities across the country.
The President of the NLC, Mr. Abdulwahed Omar, and
the Acting General Secretary of the Congress, Mr.
Chris Uyot, accused the Federal Government of
sponsoring protests against ASUU instead of resolving
the lingering crisis.
The union warned that the NLC would not hesitate to
call out Nigerian workers to protest across the
country if the present situation was not resolved by the
Federal Government.
Omar and Uyot also stated that the NLC had taken a
decision to intervene in the crisis rocking the university
system in order to save Nigerian students from been
traumatised by the strike.
Source: Punch Nigeria