NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).

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 NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...

NUATE SUSPENDS STRIKE AGAINST ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES AFTER FG'S INTERVENTION.(PHOTO).



NUATE Suspends Strike Against Ethiopian Airlines After FG's Intervention



The Ethiopian Airlines branch of National Union of Air Transport Employees, NUATE has suspended its planned industrial action, following the intervention of the federal government.


The union had threatened to embark on strike over the refusal of the management of the Airline to implement the Collective Bargaining Agreement on the 13th-month salary, the non-promotion of workers, casual/contract staffing, and low remuneration.


A statement by the minister of State for labour and employment, Mohammed Dingyadi and signed by the ministry's spokesperson, Patience Onuobia, said at the end of a conciliation meeting convened by the Minister,  the  NUATE and Ethiopian Airlines in Nigeria signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU to meet within two weeks to discuss all issues in dispute and revert to the Ministry.

 

According to the agreement, a team comprising three representatives of the Union, officials of Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Joint Aviation Trade Unions Forum shall attend the meeting.

 

According to the statement, the agreement also stipulates that the process will be supervised by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development.


It noted that the parties also agreed that there would be no work stoppage before the next meeting. 


The MoU was signed by the Ethiopian Airlines' Area Manager, Nigeria, Firiehiwot Mekonnen; National Vice President, NUATE,  Moses Unanaow; Deputy General Secretary, NUATE, Odinaka Igbokwe; representative of the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Abubakar  M. Sadiq; and Director, Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations of the Ministry of labour and employment, Amos Falonipe.


(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)

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