NLC To Chris Ngige: Withdraw Registration Certificates Given To CONUA, NAMDA

The controversy surrounding the registration of two new academic unions, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), and Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA), by the Federal Government, deepened on Saturday, 8th October 2022, as the Nigeria Labour Congress, demanded the immediate withdrawal of the registration certificates given to the two new academic unions.

According to NLC, the registration of the unions can’t stand because it contravened the laws, which had been tested and affirmed by the Industrial Court of Nigeria, the Appeal Court and Supreme Court.

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The National President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabara, made this request in a protest letter addressed to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, titled “Organised labours reject the purported registration of new trade unions for academics in Nigerian universities” . The letter was obtained by The Sunday PUNCH in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory.

The letter was also copied to the Director General, Department of State Services; President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria; all affiliate unions of the NLC, and Femi Falana (SAN).

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