ASUU Strike: NLC Set For Showdown In Adamawa

The Nigeria Labour Congress in Adamawa State says it’s set for a 2-day nationwide solidarity protest with the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday and Wednesday next week as directed by the National Secretariat of NLC through a circular dated 15th July 2022.

According to the circular, the protest is aimed at pressurizing the federal government to conclude negotiations with striking University unions.

This was disclosed today by the state chairman of the union, Comrade Emmanuel Fashe after an emergency meeting held with its affiliates and executives of the National Association of Nigerian Students as well as the Students Union Government at Labour Secretariat Yola.

NLC resolved to mobilise an overwhelming number of protesters at the rally which will take to major streets across the state capital.

The meeting, presided over by the state Chairman of NLC, Comrade Emmanuel Fashe also appraised measures to be put in place so that the mega-protest would not be hijacked by miscreants.

He said security agencies are also being reached to forestall any breach of law and order during the protest.

While the number of protesters is being proposed to be limited to only students across higher institutions in Adamawa State, others suggested an expanded invitation to the National Youths Council of Nigeria with a registration of about 100 youth organizations to participate in the rally.

The consensus of opinions submitted by SEC members condemned in totality, the inability of the Federal Government to reach an agreement with ASUU for about six months now while banditry and kidnappings are in the increase perhaps due to students’ long stay at home.

“The entire situation is mind-burgling and one could wonder why,” Fashe said at the meeting.

“I have two children as students in MAU and another lectures in the same institution, both of them have been home since and the whole burden is on me as a retiree, a SEC member submitted.

Palpable fear has gripped citizens within the state capital in view of the gravity of the impending mega-protest by labour while students across all institutions are in support.