Railway Workers Threaten Strike, Urge Prompt Resolution Of ASUU Impasse

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike following protracted talks for improved welfare of staff with no results at sight.
The union regretted that eight months after its three-day nationwide warning strike, no ‘significant achievement’ had been recorded.
NRC also deplored government’s handling of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, observing that the current administration’s ‘no work, no pay’ policy was disingenuous.
It appealed to the Federal Government to, swiftly, resolve the impasse in the overall interest of the nation.
In a statement signed by its president and secretary, Innocent Luka Ajiji and Segun Esan, NRC challenged the government to rescue millions of Nigerian youths that are suffering from this unnecessary test of might, saying that “an idle mind is the devil’s workshop”.
The railway workers charged the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to embrace the lecturers’ University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) payment platform.
This is even as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) urged the National Assembly to urgently legislate on rejuvenating polytechnics to enable them contribute meaningfully to Nigeria’s technological revolution.
NRC stated that a situation where the polytechnic sector is deprived of funding and discriminated against, would keep the most populous na