[NEWS] NASU-FG AGREEMENT

NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY WORKERS HAVE ANNOUNCED A WARNING STRIKE FROM MONDAY, TO PRESS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MEET THEIR DEMANDS.

THE ONE-WEEK STRIKE WILL LAST FROM AUGUST 19 TO 23,

NON-ACADEMIC STAFF OF UNIVERSITIES HAD EARLIER PLANNED FOR A NATIONWIDE PROTEST ON JULY 15 AHEAD OF AN INDEFINITE STRIKE OVER THE FAILURE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT ITS AGREEMENTS WITH THEM.

THE AGITATION IS COMING FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES (ASUU) SUSPENDED THEIR TWO-MONTH STRIKE.

IN A LETTER SENT TO MEDIA ORGANISATIONS FRIDAY MORNING, THE NON-ACADEMIC UNIONS, COMPRISING THE SENIOR STAFF ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES (SSANU) AND NON-ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF UNIVERSITIES (NASU), SAID THE ONE-WEEK STRIKE IS FOLLOWING THE 14-DAY ULTIMATUM GIVEN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.