Gabon's deposed President Ali Bongo and his two sons have begun a hunger strike, claiming they are being subjected to "acts of torture and barbarity," according to the family's lawyers.
The organised labour on Friday declared Wednesday, 8th November 2023 a nationwide strike following Monday's manhandling of the national president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC ), Comrade Joe Ajaero in Imo State.
the state of the Nation at the CASG National Headquarters in Abuja, Engineer Muhammad said that, "You will recall that about a fortnight ago, I made a passionate appeal to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), to shelve a planned nationwide strike
Lecturers of the university are divided over the strike as those in the parallel Congress of Universities Academics (CONUA) refused to join in the nationwide strike of ASUU which began on November 4.
On the readiness of the lecturers to call off the strike if tomorrow's meeting swings in their favour, he said: "After the meeting, we will tell members the outcome. They are the only ones who can decide to call off the strike." Prof.
Osodeke explained that when "other unions go on strike and come back, all those periods for which you are on strike, you don't need to do the backlog of work.
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The strike has been fixed, nothing will stop it and if they (FG) like, they can go to court as usual. The only thing that can stop the strike is if they meet all our demands."
"In any case, the decision to embark on the strike was taken by the National Executive Council of the Association. It is not possible to stop the commencement of the strike now for a meeting with government on Friday.
For some, the impact of the strike is a double blow. On one hand, their children are at home because of the strike, on the other hand, their household income is affected.
"Apparently, the basis for this new arrangement is to save learners the hassle of coming down to complete examinations whenever the strike is called off."