Workers at five tertiary educational institutions owned by the Oyo State government have commenced an indefinite strike over non-payment of minimum wage. According to report made available to newsmen, the affected institutions are: The Polytechnic, Ibadan, The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, and Oyo State…
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors at University College Hospital in Ibadan have embarked on an indefinite strike, an official said on Monday. The association’s General Secretary, Dr Uthman Adedeji, told the newsman that the strike was due to a power outage in some of the hospital’s residential areas. Newsmen recalls that the Ibadan…
The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria MDCAN in South-West Zone, has declared indefinite withdrawal of services by clinical lecturers in the universities across the region over non-payment of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure. MDCAN, in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, AbdulKareem Salawu and Secretary, Omotola Obajolowo, in Ibadan, the Oyo State…
The workers of polytechnics and colleges of education in Oyo State have threatened to embark on an indefinite strike from February 6, 2025, following the continued delay in implementing the approved minimum wage for the institutions by the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde. The Chairman, Joint Action Committee, Dr Kola Lawal, made this known in…
Teachers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have embarked on a fresh strike action over non-compliance with the new minimum wage of N70,000 by the area councils of the territory. Following the development, before the conclusion of the first-term examination, pupils who went to school on Monday to continue with their first-term examination were…
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, yesterday, announced that it would begin a two-week warning strike beginning from December 2, 2024, over the inability of the government to resolve its eleven item demands. Cardinal among the demands is the appointment of a Rector in Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo State without following the due process…
Striking members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, yesterday turned down persuasions from the Federal Government to call off the strike. The workers insisted that until they got an alert on the withheld salaries, the industrial action would continue. Recall that…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has insisted that there is no going back on the strike by the union and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, until their demands are met. Newsmen report that SSANU and NASU embarked on an indefinite strike on Monday over the non-payment of…
Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff protesting against nonpayment of earned allowances, Wage award outstanding of their members amongst other demands in Abuja. The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has vowed to indefinitely…
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 appeal on Thursday in Kaduna during a visit to the National Eye Centre. According to Alausa, negotiations are ongoing to ensure…