WAEC drags NASU to court over strike; NYCN, union differ on causes

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has initiated legal action, taking the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) to the National Industrial Court. The move aims to halt a planned strike by NASU, which was organized over unmet staff welfare promises.

The legal intervention follows the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum issued by the union on July 7. This ultimatum signaled the escalating tensions between WAEC management and its non-academic staff regarding their working conditions and benefits.

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the prolonged conflict between WAEC management and NASU-WAEC’s Nigeria Branch was rooted in sectional prejudice.

Adding complexity to the dispute, the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and the NASU-WAEC Nigeria Branch have presented divergent perspectives on the root causes of the industrial unrest. The NYCN has publicly alleged that sectional bias underlies the crisis. They claim a petition submitted two years ago by a concerned Northerner suggested that the prolonged conflict was rooted in prejudice against the current Head of National Office, Prof. Amos Dangut, due to his northern origin.

Conversely, NASU-WAEC has strongly dismissed the NYCN's claims of ethnic or regional bias. The union maintains that its dispute with WAEC management is strictly labor-related, focusing on the core issues of staff welfare and unmet promises. They assert that the conflict has no connection to the ethnic or regional background of any individual within the organization's leadership.

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its dispute with management is purely labour-related and has nothing to do with the ethnic or regional background of the Head of National Office, Prof. Amos Dangut.