{"id":5347,"date":"2022-10-07T15:27:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T15:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:27:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T15:27:22","slug":"nlc-criticizes-fg-for-registering-conua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nlc-criticizes-fg-for-registering-conua\/","title":{"rendered":"NLC Criticizes FG for Registering CONUA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/nlc-to-keyamo-our-position-on-petrol-subsidy-removal-unchanged\/\">Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)<\/a>\u00a0has lambasted the Federal Government(FG) for registering the Congress of Nigerian University Academics(CONUA) and Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics(NAMDA) as trade unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nation\u2019s umbrella workers\u2019 union argued that the registration of CONUA in particular was in violation of the nation\u2019s labour laws. NLC President Ayuba Wabba said this at \u201cA Roundtable On Decent Work Situation in Nigeria\u201d yesterday 6 October 2022 in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recall that on Tuesday, 4 October 2022 the Federal Government, through its Ministry of Labour and Employment, issued letters of recognition to CONUA and NAMDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government said with the letters, the two unions could co-exist with the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) in the university system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While speaking to reporters, Mr. Wabba warned that the registration of the two unions would create chaos and confusion in the university system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his words: <em>\u201cAs somebody that has been in the industrial relations for a very long time and as a governing body member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that also sits on the Committee of Freedom of Information, I can confirm that the registration of the two other unions is a violation of our Labour Act, particularly Section 5, Sub-section (4), which provides clearly that where already an existing union represents the interests of the union that is about to be registered, that union should not be registered.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThat has been tested at Supreme Court and the Supreme Court affirmed that the principle of Freedom of Association also entails that Section 40 is regulated by sections 41 and 46, that where your rights ends, that\u2019s also where the rights of somebody else starts<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe provisions of the Labour Act are in tandem with the guiding principles of Freedom of Information. If you put it (the registration) through the mirror of our Labour Act, it has failed clearly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe Labour Act also provides clearly that before you register a union, it will be published in the National Gazette and you will take objections for three months. That has not been done. When you don\u2019t do that, it is a violation of the law.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wabba pointed out that the NLC would officially write Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige to draw his attention to the violations of the provisions of the Labour laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NLC President urged the Federal Government to respect the provision of the Labour Act on the registration of a new union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his words: <em>\u201cWe are writing to the minister to call his attention (to the Labour Law) because part of the issue is to respect our laws, notwithstanding what the issues are, notwithstanding personal interests.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe law should be above everybody\u2019s interests and we should be able to respect the law. That is what the law says; it has been tested in the courts \u2013 the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court in 2008. Five justices of the Supreme Court said clearly that the provision of Section 40 is regulated by Section 41. Therefore, the regulation is actually the Labour Act. Therefore, the provision of the Labour Act should be respected<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI can tell you about two provisions: the Labour Act about registering a new union, because already, the cadre that the new unions will represent is already unionised by ASUU. The law clearly spells it out that the registration of a new union cannot happen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe registration of the new unions is a recipe for chaos, a recipe for confusion, and the laws have envisaged that this should be avoided. That is the position of law and that is what we can say.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: The Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#EduSAVINGS#EduLOANS#EduSURE#INTERNSHIP#SCHOLARSHIP#EduHEALTHMAINTAINANCE#ENTERPRENUERSHIP#PressPayNg#TERTIARY#EDUCATION#TUITION#FEES#UNIVERSITY#POLYTECHNIC#MONOTECHNIC#FELLOWSHIP#COLLEGEOFEDUCATION#HOLIDAYJOBS#SOFTSKILLSTRAINING<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)\u00a0has lambasted the Federal Government(FG) for registering the Congress of Nigerian University Academics(CONUA) and Nigerian Association of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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