{"id":40249,"date":"2021-02-12T15:39:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40249"},"modified":"2021-02-12T15:55:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:55:24","slug":"fg-threatens-to-stop-salaries-of-striking-ssanu-nasu-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40249","title":{"rendered":"FG threatens to stop salaries of striking SSANU, NASU members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ngige-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Government has threatened to stop the salaries of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) over their recent indefinite strike action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen Chris Ngige who made this known during a meeting with the unions said the federal government might be forced to invoke Section 43 of the Trade Dispute Act 2004 which permits it to stop the salaries of workers when they are on strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngige further revealed that it would be their next action if members of the non-academic staff unions fail to observe the rules guiding social dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou asked for an adjournment, we gave an adjournment and you used the period of adjournment to go on full-blown strike. This is not social dialoguing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is against ILO statutes. The ILO statute says you have a right to go on strike and your employer has a right not to pay you and use the same money to keep the enterprise going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are permitted by Law to stop payment of wages during the period of the strike. It is in the labour laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat is why I am insistent that no matter what happens today, I must do this conciliation with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut if you come here for conciliation, don\u2019t take me for a ride. Don\u2019t take the conciliator for a ride at any level because we don\u2019t have judicial powers like IAP or NIC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt our last meeting we had a 7-point agenda, we discussed two of them and you asked for an adjournment to come back to the negotiation table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat adjournment is not a period for you to go on strike. I want us to finish the rest if you wish. If you don\u2019t wish, then I refer you to IAP or NIC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has threatened to stop the salaries of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) over their recent indefinite strike action. 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