Health workers under the auspices Joint Health Sectors Union (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have declared seven days nationwide warning strike commencing from midnight of Oct. 25. The National President, JOHESU, Kabiru Minjibir, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the end of the unions’ expanded National...
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The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), NAFDAC Branch, has vowed to continue its ongoing strike action till their demands are met. In an interview with NAN on Saturday in Kaduna, the Chairman of the chapter, Adetoboye Ayodeji, said it is left for the agency’s management to...
by EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has said she is not responsible for the limited vacancies in the agency. It would be recalled that workers of the agency had began an indefinite strike on...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on indefinite strike over failure of the Federal Government to honour the 2009 agreement reached with it. The Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union, Prof. Timothy Namo, said this during a news conference on Friday in Jos. Namo...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address its various demands. ASUP’s National President, Mr Shammah Kpanja, issued the ultimatum while addressing newsmen at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Kpanja said...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed worry over huge administrative cost incurred by many public universities. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this while speaking with newsmen at a two-day programme organised by the union on the state of nation conference on Thursday in Abuja. The...
The Federal Capital Territory Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) on Wednesday, resumed industrial action over unresolved welfare issues between it and the six area councils of the territory. The union declared the strike in a communique signed by its Chairman, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, State Secretary, Mrs...
Telecommunication workers have issued a seven-day indefinite strike notice, effective Sept. 9, to 39 companies including Huawei Technologies Nigeria Ltd. over what they describe as prevalent precarious working conditions. The workers under the aegis of Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association (PTECSSAN) gave the notice in a statement...
The Federal Government has appealed to the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to call off their seven-day warning strike. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa,made the call on Thursday in Kaduna during a visit to the National Eye Centre. According to Alausa,...
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has started a 7-day warning Strike across all its centres nationwide. The resident doctors’ strike is to clamour for the release of their kidnapped colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who has been in captivity for over eight months. NARD President, Dr Dele Abdullahi,...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Anambra Branch, has called off the indefinite strike it embarked upon to protest the kidnap of Dr Stephen Ezeh, an Ihiala based private practitioner. The NMA, which announced their return to duty posts in a statement on Sunday said the decision followed the release...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal and State Governments to address all the “outstanding issues” hindering the development of the nation’s universities. The ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, announced the ultimatum at a press conference held at the Michael...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has called on the aviation unions to shelve their planned strike over the Federal Government’s deduction of 50% of all internally generated revenue of aviation agencies. Keyamo in a statement on Friday, acknowledged the...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspended its planned industrial action following the Federal Government’s intervention regarding a contentious new scheme of service, an official said. ASUP Zone D Coordinator, Dr Iloma Richard, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, has announced the suspension of its 82-day strike with immediate effect. Chairperson of ASUU, Dr Sylvanus Ugoh, announced the suspension of the strike at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday, short after the congress held by...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says it has not started negotiations with the Federal Government to address contentious issues in the new scheme of service. ASUP Zone D Coordinator, Dr Iloma Richard, who stated this at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said that...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, has called on Nigerians to intervene in the lingering issues it has with the Federal Government and proffer solutions to them. The Union also called on the public to change its...
The Federal Government delegation and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are in closed door meeting to discuss lingering crisis and avert strike by the Union. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the meeting holding on Wednesday in the office of the Minister of...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged the Federal Government to fulfill its promise to remove its members from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Dr Joshua Silas, the Chairman of ASUU, Federal University, Lokoja (FUL) chapter, made the call on Tuesday during a...