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The Federal Government has come under fire from the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) for how it has handled the issues in the country's educational system.
NAAPE voiced concern over the standoff between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has halted academic operations at public universities all throughout the nation, in a statement released on Monday by its Deputy General Secretary, Umoh Ofonime.
ASUU had started a statewide strike on February 14 in protest of the government's Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS), among other unresolved issues, being used as the payment system for universities.
Since the beginning of the industrial action, numerous meetings between the union and the government have ended in impasse.
With regard to the detrimental effects the protracted strike would have on students' life, NAAPE finds it unsettling that the government has refused to uphold the agreement that it has had for more than ten years with ASUU.
It then made a statement endorsing the decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) leadership to launch a nationwide protest on Tuesday and Wednesday the following week in support of the trade unions in public colleges and other groups.
NAAPE gave instructions to its branch chairmen and secretaries in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to encourage members to participate in the solidarity demonstration (FCT).
The NLC had declared preparations to start a two-day nationwide protest in support of the striking union members in the public institutions because they were concerned about the continuing difficulties in the tertiary education sector.
The statement was made in a circular that was dated July 15, 2022 and sent to the state councils' chairs and secretary.
The rallies were to start from NLC secretariats in the states, while the one in Abuja was to start from the Labor House in the capital.
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