N70, 000 Transport Intervention: 3 unions disown JNPSNC, back TUC
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Verified Synthesis~44s readThe unions said: “The statement is therefore unauthorized and cannot be passed off as the collective position of public service trade unions. The three unions said trade union unity cannot be imposed through exclusion, procedural manipulation or the silencing of constituent unions.
Context & Background
- ✦The also demanded for recognition and representation of their unions in relevant public service negotiating structures, an end to issuing statements or taking decisions in the name of unions without consultation and express authorization.
Key Figures & Named Entities
30 October:By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THREE registered public service unions have publicly disowned a press release issued in the name of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on 30 October 2026, declaring that no one can speak for workers without their mandate.1 November:In a joint statement issued on 1 November 2026 and signed by Comrades Kayode Alakija, President of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC); John Alli, President of the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI); and Dr. Kamal Ibrahim, President of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), the unions said they were neither consulted nor invited to any meeting where the issues in the JNPSNC statement were discussed.133%:They said: “Rather than applying the 133% adjustment to the lowest-paid worker and cascading it appropriately across the salary structure, the JNPSNC negotiated a flat N40,000 addition across the board.
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Key Takeaways
Verified Extract- The unions said: “The statement is therefore unauthorized and cannot be passed off as the collective position of public service trade unions.
- The three unions said trade union unity cannot be imposed through exclusion, procedural manipulation or the silencing of constituent unions.
- The also demanded for recognition and representation of their unions in relevant public service negotiating structures, an end to issuing statements or taking decisions in the name of unions without consultation and express authorization.
Key Facts:30 October: By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THREE registered public service unions have publicly disowned a press release issued in the name of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on 30 October 2026, declaring that no one can speak for workers without their mandate.1 November: In a joint statement issued on 1 November 2026 and signed by Comrades Kayode Alakija, President of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC); John Alli, President of the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI); and Dr. Kamal Ibrahim, President of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), the unions said they were neither consulted nor invited to any meeting where the issues in the JNPSNC statement were discussed.133%: They said: “Rather than applying the 133% adjustment to the lowest-paid worker and cascading it appropriately across the salary structure, the JNPSNC negotiated a flat N40,000 addition across the board.30 October: They demanded formal acknowledgement of their disassociation from the unauthorized JNPSNC press release of 30 October 2026, an end to presenting the statement as the collective position of all public service trade unions and respect for the TUC’s rejection of the inadequate N70,000 transport intervention and a demand for salary increment.
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THREE registered public service unions have publicly disowned a press release issued in the name of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on 30 October 2026, declaring that no one can speak for workers without their mandate.
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THREE registered public service unions have publicly disowned a press release issued in the name of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on 30 October 2026, declaring that no one can speak for workers without their mandate.
