The National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) will join the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to mobilise for a solidarity industrial action if the Federal Government fails to resolve the conflict between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Officials from NUTGTWN criticised the government’s “no work, no pay” policy enforced on striking dons because the strike’s underlying issue was not addressed.
In a statement released by President John Adaji to celebrate Eid el-Kabir, NUTGTWN urged the Federal Government to solve the ongoing crisis in the education sector.
“We note that, despite the efforts of the NLC and trade unions in Nigeria’s university system to resolve this crisis, including convening high-powered stakeholders’ meetings,” he said, “the government has remained recalcitrant and insensitive to the plight of the lecturers and students by refusing to treat the matter seriously.” Even more concerning and provocative is the Federal Government’s recent pronouncement of a “no work, no pay” policy, which has resulted in the suspension of the salaries of striking university staff.”
As an NLC affiliate, Adaji stated, “we thus salute the relentless work and solidarity of NLC headed by Ayuba Wabba and other concerned citizens of the country in addressing the lingering situation in the education sector.”