Non-Academic Staff Unions Of Universities Insist On Strike

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– The Non-Academic Staff Unions states that they are not aware of vice- chancellors announcing to students to resume classes.
– The unions raise accusation against the government for breaching a previous agreement.
– They say they will make the strike more difficult for the university community.

More than one month after commencing on an indefinite strike, the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) recently said it will continue the strike.
The unions on the platform of the Joint Action Commitee (JAC) also threatened to take back concessions they earlier granted, Premium Times reports.
Samson Ugwoke, chairman of the joint committee, on Sunday, December 7, made this known in a statement he signed.
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational, Associated Institutions (NASU) as well as National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) commenced an indefinite strike on Thursday, December 4.
The unions accused the government of breaching an earlier resolution on the sharing of earned allowances and non fulfillment of other agreements.
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The union said universities’ managements have the right to announce resumption of activities but the union members, ”have a right to deny the University system of their services till their rights are respected and honoured.”
According to the statement, the unions said they did not know of the”antics of vice chancellors and managements of institutions to create a semblance of normalcy by announcing resumption of students and other activities.”
“While the strike action was not targeted at any individual university management, the attitudes of many vice chancellors have shown an unprecedented immaturity and irresponsibility that makes them complicit in the ongoing strike action,” the statement read.
The statement also said the unions will now put on hold amenities which it said had made the strike action comfortable for universities.
“Drivers attached to Vice Chancellors and other principal officers should be withdrawn. All units including VC’s office, Works and Services, Health Centre, Bursary, Registry, ICT, MIS, Audit and others should be closed down and none of our members are to be found within the vicinity of their offices. Apart from the strike monitoring teams set up by the branch executives, no SSANU member should be found within the university premises,” the statement said.

“You are please directed to ensure that no Management, Dean or Head of Department coerces SSANU members to render any services. And where an attempt is made to bring people either staff or external to perform official function of our members, the attempt must be resisted with all legitimate forces at your disposal. You must also blacklist all saboteurs and renegade members of the union who seek to undermine our strike action for pecuniary gains.”