FCE Bichi: COEASU To Resume Indefinite Strike

Sequel to the emergency congress meeting held on the 6 April, 2023, members of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) Federal College of Education Technical Bichi has unanimously resolved to resume the industrial action it suspended on the 23th of August, 2022.

The strike, according to the union, will be total.

Making the disclosure yesterday during a press conference held at the state NUJ secretariat,  the chairman of union, Dr Hussein Yahaya and secretary Moji Kenneth Terngu said the union is forced to invoke the last option of strike action given the management’s lacklustre attitude.

Yahaya said the consistent high level of insensitivity to resolutions reached with the interventions of relevant stakeholders form the basis for the industrial action.

“The union considered as unfortunate the action of the College management in implementing the resolutions of August 18, 2022, and January 10, 2023 predicated on issues of quality, Academic standard and other emerging issues affecting staff welfare, he stated.

The chairman enumerated some of the issues affecting the condition of service to among others include, Non-release of TETfund approved funds for different programmes/activities Teaching Practices Intervention,  Book development funds, journal intervention, as well as Academic Staff training and development.”

He said others salient issues such as none payment of allowances from the main stream and affiliate programmes, lack of internet services, non-release of impress and responsibility allowance.

Other challenges include none release of impress, Non supply of learning resources, Non remitting of pension funds, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Staff multi purpose cooperative society, fund and union check off dues deductions.