•Plans no pay, no work against FGs no work, no pay policy
By Uche Onyeali, Abuja
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given the Federal Government a four-week ultimatum to conclude negotiations with all unions in tertiary institutions in the country.
The NLC frowned at the ‘no-work-no-pay’ policy introduced by the government as a form of sanction to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for daring to embark on a nationwide strike.
The NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero gave the ultimatum in an interactive session with labour correspondents, yesterday, in Abuja.
The interactive session comes after the meeting between NLC and leaders of unions in Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions at the NLC headquarters in Abuja.
“We have decided to give the Federal Government four weeks to conclude all negotiations in this sector. They have started talks with ASUU but the problem in this sector goes beyond ASUU.
“That is why we are extending this to four weeks. If after four weeks this negotiation is not concluded, the organs of the NEC will meet and take a nationwide action that all workers in the country, all unions in the country will be involved so that we get to the root of all this.
“The era of signing agreements, negotiations and threatening the unions involved, that era has come to an end.
“The policy, the so-called policy of no work, no pay, will henceforth be no pay, no work. You can’t benefit from an action you instigated. We have discovered that 90% of strike actions in this country are caused by failure to obey agreements”, Ajaero said.
