Workers’ Strike Paralyses Activities At FCE(T), Akoka

Activities at the Federal
College of Education (Technical) FCE(T), Akoka were recently paralysed, as members of the academic and non-academic staff unions complied with the indefinite strike declared by their leadership.
Mr Taiwo Olayanju, Chairman, Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), FCE(T), Akoka Chapter, newsmen in Lagos that the union members fully complied with the strike.
“The strike is fully on; no staff is at work and both academic and non-academic activities have been paralysed,” he said.
In the same vein, Mr Nicolas Ogbusuo, Chairman, Senior Staff Union of Colleges of Education in Nigeria (SSUCOEN), FCE(T) Chapter, said 99 per cent of the staff complied with the union’s directive.
Ogbusuo said the three unions of the college on strike were invited by the executive secretary of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) for a meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
He said the meeting was directed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau.
“The leadership of the three unions attended the meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, to discuss how our demands will be met,” he said.
The Tide report  that activities in the institution had been paralysed, as only few students were found loitering around, while staff offices were under lock.
Miss Daramola Ige, an NCE 1 student of computer science department,  said that the academic and non-academic staff had stayed away.
The Tide learnt reports that three unions of the college on Jan.30 embarked on a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike, due to the non-implementation of its demands by the college authorities.
The unions are demanding for the arrears of their promotion and increment from October 2013, till date.
Those involved are the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), the Senior Staff Union in Colleges of Education in Nigeria (SSUCOEN) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), FCE(T), Akoka Chapter.