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Senegal: Health Workers Strike Over Death of Pregnant Woman

25Apr

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Judiciary, Justice, Labour, News, Senegal, Women Empowerment

Senegal: Health Workers Strike Over Death of Pregnant Woman

Health workers in Senegal went on strike to protest at charges filed against six midwives accused of negligence in the death of pregnant woman that sparked nationwide anger. The National Association of Midwives and several other groups in the health sector said they were joining a work stoppage ranging from one to three days. The public health system has been “paralysed,” Mballo Dia Thiam at an umbrella group of healthcare workers called ASAS, said. The health ministry, gave no details about the impact of the strike, saying only that it had “taken steps.” The affair was sparked by the death of a nine-months-pregnant woman named Astou Sokhna at a public hospital in the northern town of Louga. She repeatedly pleaded with doctors to perform a caesarean secti...

Lack Of TRCN Registration: 300,000 Teachers May Miss New Welfare Package

25Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Lack Of TRCN Registration: 300,000 Teachers May Miss New Welfare Package

Classroom No fewer than 300,000 teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the country may miss benefiting from the new welfare package the government wants to implement for teachers in its payroll. Findings by the Vanguard revealed that the development is because such teachers are not licensed, certificated and registered by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN.It was gathered that the government has made registration with the TRCN a condition for benefiting from the scheme. From investigation by our correspondent, the TRCN, which conducts Professional Qualifying Examination, PQE, four times a year, has so far registered and licensed about 800,000 teachers out of the about 1.1 million teachers in public schools. Speaking on the matter, Registrar of the ...

Strike: FG May Take ASUU To Court If Reconciliation Fails – Ngige

22Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Strike: FG May Take ASUU To Court If Reconciliation Fails – Ngige

ASUU-FG Meeting Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says the federal government may consider taking the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the industrial court if the process to resolve the strike fails. On February 14, ASUU embarked on a one-month warning strike over the non-implementation of an agreement reached with the federal government in 2020. On March 14, the union extended the strike by eight weeks following dissatisfaction with the federal government’s “disappointing” response on the matter. Amid the strike, the federal government and the leadership of ASUU have held a series of meetings, but no agreement has been reached by both sides on ending the strike. Speaking on Thursday in an interview with Channels Television, Ngige said ASUU ...

FG Faults UTAS, ASUU Accuses Govt Of Misplaced Priority

15Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

FG Faults UTAS, ASUU Accuses Govt Of Misplaced Priority

ASUU Leadership The Federal Government has said the non-acceptance of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution by the National Information Technology Development Agency is not a tangible reason for the Academic Staff Union of Universities to embark on strike. Speaking in an interview with one of our correspondents, the Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, said the priority of ASUU leaders should be the welfare of their members and not on the choice of payment platform that government should use. ASUU had declared that its ongoing strike would not be suspended until the government adopted UTAS as its payment platform, implemented the renegotiated agreement, and paid all outstanding allowances. But Nwajiuba said, “They are complaining about the IPPI...

13Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Strike: ASUU Tackles NITDA Over UTAS

ASUU The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, berated the National Information Technology and Development Agency, NITDA, over what it described as ‘deliberate misinformation and disinformation of the public on the integrity test conducted on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS, by the agency. The Lagos Zonal Coordinator of the Union, Mr Adelaja Odukoya, who spoke at a press conference held at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, said the utterances of the NITDA spokespersons are capable of elongating the ongoing strike. Odukoya said its members would not return to the class until the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS, is adopted and all their allowances paid. His words: “We, however, wish t...

ASUU Strike: Details of FG’s Meeting With Lecturers Emerge

12Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: Details of FG’s Meeting With Lecturers Emerge

ASUU The Federal Government has insisted it supports the renegotiation of the welfare package for university workers in line with current realities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stated this during a meeting with members of the 2009 FG and university-based unions renegotiation committee on Monday. Ngige admitted the government was not pleased with the approach being used by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to pursue its demands. ASUU embarked on a one-month warning strike on February 14 and extended it by another two months, over the alleged failure of the government to address their demands. But Ngige, speaking during the meeting with the Federal Government Renegotiation Committee in his office, pleaded with the committee to ensure that...

After 56 Days Of Strike, FG Set To Meet ASUU Today

11Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

After 56 Days Of Strike, FG Set To Meet ASUU Today

ASUU-FG Meeting The Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, is set to meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities today, Monday, April 11, 2022. The meeting which is scheduled to commence by 5p.m will have in attendance representatives of the Federal Government and ASUU. The Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Patience Onuobia, in a notice of meeting sent to journalists on Monday, said Ngige will chair the meeting himself. “The Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, will be meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities today by 5 pm,” the notice read. Read Also: ASUU Demands ₦1 Trillion From FG To Suspend Ongoing Strike The ongoing industrial action by ASUU ...

Strike: NANS Begins Daily Protest In Abuja

29Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Strike: NANS Begins Daily Protest In Abuja

ASUU Logo The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, yesterday started a daily protest in Abuja over the continuous shut down of the nation’s universities as a result of the strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Speaking in a telephone chat with Vanguard, the National President of NANS, Sunday Asefon, said students from across the country were already converging on Unity Fountain, Abuja, to express their displeasure with the ongoing industrial action in the university system. “Yes, the two-week ultimatum we gave the government and ASUU to resolve their differences and allow Nigerian students to go back to their classes has lapsed and nothing has been done. Right now, we are mobilising at Unity Fountain here in Abuja and a...

BREAKING: ASUU Extends Strike For 2 Months

14Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

BREAKING: ASUU Extends Strike For 2 Months

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its warning strike for another two months. The decision to extend the strike was taken at the union’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Abuja last night. Read Also: Anxiety As Students, Parents Await ASUU’s Decision On Strike Although the union has not made any public statement regarding the outcome of the meeting, a source told Vanguard that members resolved at the meeting held in an undisclosed location that the industrial action is extended for two more months. The outcome of the meeting, the source said, was being drafted to be released in a statement to the media soon. Details coming… Source: Vanguard

13Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

ASUU Meets Today, May Extend Strike

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet today (Sunday). The meeting will hold in Abuja to review the ongoing strike, one of the NEC members told our correspondent. “Yes, we are meeting today on the ongoing strike and other matters,” he said. Asked if the strike could be called off after the meeting, he replied, “Not likely. There is no positive development that I know of.” The president of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, also confirmed the meeting without giving details. The meeting is coming one day to the expiration of the warning strike by ASUU. The union had on Monday, February 14, 2022, declared a total and comprehensive four-week warning strike. The strike, according to the union, was due to the failure of the g...