Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, said this when speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja on his achievements and challenges as congress president for the past eight years.
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It hinged the boycott on the alleged non inclusion of its members in the allocation by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.
The congress disclosed this in a statement by its Chairman and Secretary, Leonard Nkah and Chukwuma Onwe.
NLC National President, Ayuba Wabba, made the call at the opening of a Central Working Committee (CWC)/National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Birnin Kebbi, the State’s capital.
The new unions- the Congress for Nigerian University Academics and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics -received letters of recognition recently during a ceremony at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja.
Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja.
The state NLC Chairman, Sani Haliru, said the decision was taken by the State Executive Council of the union.
Ngige, in a leaked letter written to the Chief Registrar of the court, dated September 8, 2022, alleged the refusal of ASUU to call off its strike which began February 14, 2022, and thereby, asked the court to accelerate hearing on the matter in order to bring the dispute between the union and the government to an end.
The President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, said this in a letter he addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The labour union embarked on the protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to demand that the Federal Government came to an agreement with ASUU to put an end to the six months industrial action.
The protesting union members included NLC, ASUU, Non-Academic Staff Union, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and other allied unions.
The outspoken lawyer has joined many protests in the country, defending the interests of Nigerians.
The task force officials, including a driver and other team members, created a scene after arresting an offender.
The protest which is currently holding is also an opportunity for the NLC to bring attention to other issues affecting the nation.
The labour unions said they were not aware of any security report by the Department of State Services that advised against the rally, insisting that their protest in solidarity with ASUU over its six months old strike would hold on July 26 and 27.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, made the appeal at a meeting with the leadership of the NLC in his office Thursday in Abuja.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this Wednesday while briefing the State House Correspondents at the end of the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
On July 17, 2022, the NLC announced that it would kick off a nationwide protest on July 26 and 27 to pressure the federal government to resolve the five-month-long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and three other sister unions.
The NLC President, Ayubaa Wabba said this in a circular jointly signed by Emmanuel Ugboaja, General Secretary of the Congress on Sunday in Abuja.
ILO Senior Technical Specialist on Workers’ Activities, Abuja Office, Inviolata Chinyangarara, made this known at a two-day consultative workshop Tuesday in Abuja.