NLC Strike: We Won’t Join Industrial Action, Says CONUA

Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) has maintained that it would not join the ongoing nationwide strike directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC).

Giving his reason for the decision, the national president of CONUA, Dr Niyi Sumonu, in a telephone conversation with The Nation, noted that the union is yet to be an official affiliate of TUC, notwithstanding it had earlier applied.

He added that TUC did not communicate its intention to join the strike with the union.

He said: “As at the moment of putting together this release, the TUC with whom CONUA submitted affiliation request has not communicated this position on strike action to it.

“Distinguished comrades should therefore note that CONUA cannot be part of the strike action that is not communicated to it. In addition, the affiliation process with the TUC has not been officially established.”