The Congress for Nigerian University Academics and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics have recently registered as unions in the university system, and Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities to file a legal complaint if it feels wronged by this development.
This was stated by the minister in a statement that was authorised by Olajide Oshundun, the labour ministry’s director of public relations.
Ngige presented certificates of registration to NAMDA and CONUA during a ceremony at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja, as previously reported by ANAEDOONLINE.NG.
However, in a letter to Ngige, the Nigerian Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, demanded for the withdrawal of the letters issued to the unions, on the grounds that their registration contravened the laws guiding trade unionism.
But Ngige on Wednesday noted that ASUU was free to approach the court if it feels aggrieved.
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He said, “if ASUU feels aggrieved, they could approach the Courts for Judicial remedy as law abiding citizens just like the Federal Government through Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment by virtue of the powers conferred by Section 17 of the TDA, transmitted the FG/ASUU trade dispute to the NICN for adjudication, due to refusal of the union to comply with the provisions of Section 18 of the TDA, conciliation having failed.”
ANAEDOONLINE.NG reports that the controversy surrounding the registration of CONUA and NAMDA by the Federal Government deepened with NLC demanding the immediate withdrawal of the bodies’ certificates.
The NLC said their registration could not stand because it contravened the laws, which had been tested and affirmed by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court.
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