Non-academic unions in Nigeria’s
universities say they will on Monday the 16th of January embark on a
five-day warning strike over the inability of the Federal Government to
implement the 2009 Agreements with the unions.
The unions are the Senior Staff
Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU , Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU
and the National Association of Academic Technologists ,NAAT.
According to the Joint Action Committee,
JAC, of the unions in a statement said that the warning strike became necessary
in order for government to fully implement the 2009 FGN/Non-Teaching Staff
Unions Agreements it freely entered into with the unions.
JAC said that a letter of the warning
strike signed by Samson Ugwoke, SSANU
President, Sani Suleiman, President of
NAAT and Chris Ani, NASU President had been sent to the Minister of Education.
They further stated that the letter
was also copied to the Minister Labour and Employment, Executive Secretary,
National Universities Commission and President of Nigeria Labour Congress.
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