NASU Begins Nationwide Strike Tomorrow -

BADAN — PUBLIC universities system in the
country is heading for a total shutdown as
members of the Non-Academic Staff Union
of Educational and Associated Institutions,
NASU, will tomorrow begin a nationwide
strike to protest two months unpaid
salaries by government.
NASU members who are expected to shut
down all social amenities such as power
and water supplies, libraries among others,
will join their counterpart in the Senior
Staff of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, who
had since Monday began an indefinite
strike over same issue.
It will be recalled that members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,
have been on strike since July 1, paralyzing
academic activities in all public universities.
Law lecture theater, University of Ibadan
General Secretary of NASU, Prince Peters
Adeyemi told Vanguard in Ibadan, Oyo
State, that members would definitely begin
an indefinite by tomorrow unless
government paid today.
According to him, “It is sad and
unfortunate, but NASU members in all
public universities nationwide will down
tools until government pay them their
salaries. The only thing that can stop the
strike is if government pays tomorrow
(today). Our members have been going
through pains in since and have been
doing their work diligently. But the
government has refused to pay their
salaries for reasons best known to the
government. That is the issue. So, we are
starting strike by Thursday. It is
unfortunate, but that is the reality.”
Members of SSANU had Monday
commenced a nationwide strike to protest
the stoppage of their salaries for two
months by the Federal Government.
General Secretary of SSANU, Promise
Adewusi, SSANU had while announcing the
commencement of the strike, asked
members not to return to work until a
counter directive was given to them.
Adewusi said the union took the decision
following its letters to the vice-chancellors
in various universities, the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Senator
Anyim Pius Anyim, Ministers of Labour and
Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu and
Education, Nyesom Wike as well as the
Executive Secretary, National Universities
Commission, Professor Julius Okojie.
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