DAILY NIGERIAN
The Federal Government on Tuesday presented certificates of registration to the newly registered Congress of Nigerian University Academics, CONUA, and National Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA.
Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, presented the certificates to the unions at a ceremony in Abuja.
“In doing this, both unions are officially recognised and have been registered to unbundle the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as well as the National Association of Resident Doctors(NARD),” Mr Ngige said.
He said that both unions have been officially gazzetted, hence entitled to all labour rights as enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution and International Labour Organisation, ILO, convention.
The minister said that the federal government was working out modalities for payment of withheld salaries of CONUA and NAMDA members for the duration of ASUU strike.
The minister added that it would amount to injustice if they were victimised because they never partook in the strike in the first instance.
Mr Ngige also said that the alleged lack of democracy, transparency and failure to render proper account of check off dues by ASUU, both to her members and the government culminated into the emergence of the new unions.
He said that this had spurred considerations for the registration of CONUA and NAMDA.
He said the gazzetting and certificate presentation were in conformity with section 3:2 of the International Trade Union Convention…
