ASCSN suspends strike in Unity Colleges

Ife Ogunfuwa

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has suspended the eight-week-long strike it embarked on in some Federal Unity Colleges in the country.

The association, in a statement by its Secretary-General, Alade Lawal, on Wednesday, said the decision to shelve the industrial action for the next 30 days was as a result of appeals from parents, guardians and other well-meaning Nigerians.

Lawal said a consensus was reached after a meeting of the leadership of the union with the zonal coordinators and the unit chairmen of the association in the affected colleges.

“Following appeals by stakeholders including parents, guardians and other well-meaning Nigerians, organised labour under the auspices of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has suspended the on-going strike action in some of the Federal Unity Colleges,” he said. 

The secretary general added, “The meeting reviewed the on-going strike in some Federal Unity Colleges where salaries for some specific months were skipped and not paid and noted the mounting appeals by parents, guardians and other well-meaning Nigerians to the union to suspend the industrial action in the interest of the students and the system.”

He said the failure of the government to pay the outstanding salaries of affected teachers in the next 30 days would trigger an indefinite strike in all the 104 FUC in the country.

“Consequently the meeting resolved to suspend the strike for 30 days to enable the government to pay the outstanding salaries, failing which a full-blown strike will start in all the 104 Federal Unity Colleges throughout the country.” 

The union said colleges affected by the industrial action in the past eight weeks were Federal Government College, Nise, Anambra State; Federal Government Girls College, Shagamu, Ogun State; FGC, Ilorin, Kwara State; FGC, Ikirun, Osun State; Federal Science and Technical College, Ilesa, Osun State; FSTC, Doma, Nasarawa State; FSTC, Otukpo, Benue State; FGC, Warri, Delta State; FGGC, Omu-Aran, Kwara State; and FGC, Rubochi, Abuja.

Source: Punchng
ASCSN suspends strike in Unity Colleges

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