Workers of the university of ilorin known as Senior Staff Association of Universities, SSANU and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, on Monday joined the nationwide two weeks warning strike as directed by its national bodies.
Report from the University of Ilorin main campus reflect the decision to join the strike called by the national bodies of the two labour unions was taken at a joint Congress held on Monday.
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With the strike action, the major labour unions in Nigeria’s universities are now on strike with the latest coming few weeks after the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, extended its nationwide strike by two months following the Federal government’s deadlocked negotiation with ASUU.
A letter to the joint unions by the national bodies dated March 25th,2022 and signed by Prince Peters A. Adeyemi, General Secretary of NASU and Comrade Mohammed H. Ibrahim, National President of SSANU, respectively, directed them to embark on the action noting the two weeks warning strike should be comprehensive and total and no concession should be given in any guise.
“Your strict compliance and adherence to the directive is mandatory for all branches of NASU and SSANU in the Universities and inter university centres, the letter emphasized.
