By our Reporter
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday has said it would hold a one-day national protest to force the Federal Government to meet the demands of university-based unions.
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 NLC, Ayuba Wabba, stated this in Abuja during the opening of the National Executive Council meeting on the Congress.
Wabba directed all the affiliate unions of the NLC to issue directives on the planned one-day national protest from next week.
Wabba said: “The strike in the education sector is an eyesore. For now, running into four months, the children of the poor have remained at home.
“You will recall that the last decision we took was to the extent of writing to Mr president and we gave a 21-day notice for them to convene a very high-powered meeting to be chaired either by the SGS or the Chief of Staff for this issue to be resolved once and for all.
“That meeting was called but from the reports we have received yesterday (Wednesday) from all the unions in the education sector, ASUU, NASU, SSANU, NAAT, Collages of Education, polytechnics, we have found out that progress has not been made and the timeline of three weeks that was given by that committee for all reports to be turned in and for the government to be able to make decisions that have not taken place.