Total Shutdown: Non-academic staff of universities to begin strike on Monday

Non teaching staff of Nigerian Universities under the auspices of Joint Action Committee is to embark on an indefinite strike action with effect from Monday, September 11 to press home their demand for the implementation of the 2009 agreement entered into with the unions by the federal government.

The unions made up of the National Association of Academic Technologists, Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) said the government was taking the non teaching staff of universities for granted.

The unions said they have waited for eight years for the government to implement the agreement it freely entered into with them.

Speaking at a joint Press Conference in Abuja, President of SSANU, Comrade Samson Ugokwe said eight years after the agreement, government t has not been responsive to the demands of the unions, pointing out that no action appear to have been taken on any of the issues which he said has been implemented in breach.

Recall that Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is currently on strike and if Non Academic Staff joins, it will lead to total shutdown of all the public universities in the country.