He disclosed this in a letter to the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, on Monday in Abuja.
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The National President of the NAAT, Ibeji Nwokoma, made the call at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
The NLC noted that reports from a meeting of its Central Working Committee showed a lack of progress in the negotiations with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and National Association of Academic Technologists.
The President of the union, Ibeji Nwokoma, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday, said their position had been passed on to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige.
The National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, has urged the Federal Government to expedite action toward release of the fund approved for part payment of Earned Allowances arrears to some unions in federal universities.
Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, made the appeal in a statement signed by Samuel Olowookere, the Director, Press in the ministry, on Tuesday in Abuja
The workers are currently on strike to demand for the payment of about N9 billion arrears from the Federal Government
Samson Ugwoke, the National Chairman, Joint Action Committee of the Non-Teaching Staff of Nigerian Universities, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja
The decision to shut down the school was taken by the Senate of the University at its emergency meeting held on Tuesday
It will be recalled that the non-teaching staff of universities under the auspices of Joint Action Committee had embarked on an indefinite strike on September 11 over the non-implementation of its 12-point demand
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said this at a conciliatory meeting with the leadership of the JAC of the unions and other officials of the Ministry of Education on Friday in Abuja.
The unions are made up of the National Association of Academic Technologists, Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities.
This is coming about three months after Babalakin was appointed, specifically on January 6, 2017, as the Chairman of the 16-member Federal Government Committee to Renegotiate the 2009 Agreement the government signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, National Association of Academic Technologists and Non-Academic Staff Union of Associated & Allied Institutions
The unions said that there had been allegations of gross misconduct, high handedness, corruption and abuse of office against the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adegoke Adegbite
Saheed Oseni, the Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, LASU chapter, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos that his members had resumed their duties.
The Joint Action Committee of the unions announced the suspension in a communiqué
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, had called for a reconciliatory meeting with the Joint Action Committee of the unions
Ngige stated this in a statement he personally signed on Monday
The Joint Action Committee of the unions in a statement stated that the warning strike became necessary in order for government to fully implement the 2009 FGN/Non-Teaching Staff Unions Agreements it freely entered into with the unions
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Director of Press of the Federal Ministry of Education, Ihuoma Chinenye, on Friday in Abuja