Not about Ebola-104 FG colleges will not resume on Sept 22 over labour issues

The Organised Labour has threatened that all the 104 Federal Government Colleges will not open for academic session on September 22 as proposed by the Federal Government.

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) said it has concluded arrangement to call its members in the Federal Ministry of Education, including those in the 104 unity schools and inspectorate departments, out on strike over the refusal by the management to honour the agreement reached with the officials of the association.

According to a statement issued by the Secretary-General of the association, Alade Lawal, this was in respect of all outstanding labour issues affecting members of the union in the establishment.

“By this decision, the 104 Federal Unity Colleges will not re-open for the next academic session scheduled to begin on September 22, 2014,” the union stated.

Lawal expressed sadness over the inability of the government to address all outstanding labour issues and particularly, the non-payment of promotion arrears from 2007-2010 and the balance for 2011 as well as non-payment of salaries to some members of staff for July, August, September and October, 2013.

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