The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has frowned upon the threat by the Federal Authorities to invoke the “No Work, No Pay” coverage against placing members of the Tutorial Workers Union of Universities, ASUU.

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The NLC declared that such intimidation wouldn’t resolve the disaster within the nation’s public tertiary establishments, urging the Federal Authorities to save lots of public schooling or face the wrath of the employees.

The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made the declaration in a press assertion on Monday whereas reacting to the warning strike embarked upon by the union.

Ajaero famous that the lecturers’ motion was a respectable response to the federal government’s persistent failure to honour agreements voluntarily reached with the union.

“The NLC is deeply involved by the persistent disaster in Nigeria’s public schooling system, marked by continual underfunding and the federal government’s failure to honour agreements reached with college lecturers and employees. This continued refusal to implement voluntarily signed agreements is undermining public tertiary establishments and eroding confidence within the system.

“The graduation of the two-week warning strike by the ASUU is a direct consequence of the Federal Government’s failure to honour these collectively bargained agreements. The strike isn’t an act of defiance however a respectable response to years of neglect and unfulfilled guarantees.

“Slightly than partaking in good religion to resolve the disaster, the federal government has resorted to the unproductive threat of ‘No Work, No Pay.’ This narrative is deceptive.

“The breach of contract lies with the state, not the students. Lecturers are keen to work, however the authorities’s constant failure to fulfill its obligations has made it unattainable for them to take action with the dignity and circumstances their career deserves. The precept stays clear: No Pay, No Work.

“This wrestle transcends an extraordinary industrial dispute. It highlights a broader societal injustice — a deliberate weakening of the general public schooling system whereas the youngsters of the elite attend personal establishments at dwelling and overseas.

“The youngsters of employees and the poor are left with an underfunded, demoralised system, perpetuating inequality and limiting social mobility. High quality schooling should not be a privilege for just a few however a proper for all.

“In gentle of this, the Nigeria Labour Congress declares its whole solidarity with ASUU and all different unions within the tertiary schooling sector,” the assertion learn.