The joint action committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU), have declared a two-week warning strike. According to the committee the strike was necessitated by the failure of the Nigerian government to react to its earlier letter threatening to commence an […]
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The Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), and some other unions have suspended their strike, which commenced on December 4, 2017. Samson Ugwuoke, chairman of the joint action committee of the unions, announced this at a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. […]
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The federal government says it will source for N8 billion within five weeks to pay the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this at a resolution reached at a conciliation meeting with the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities in […]
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The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has pleaded with the Federal government to intervene in the on-going strike by non-academic staff in universities nationwide. The National President of the union, Comrade Michael Olukoya, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. NAN reports that labour unions, […]
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The leadership of the Non-Academic Staff of Universities in Nigeria have directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike action commencing from Monday December 4, 2017. The non academic staff comprise of members of Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Technicians, NAT. According to […]
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The non academic staff of Nigerian universities have provided reasons for suspending their strike for one month. The staff, members of three unions, NASU, SSANU, and NAAT, announced the suspension of the 11 days old strike on Thursday. Sam Ugwoke, the national president of the Joint Action Committee of three unions, announced the suspension at […]
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There seem to be hope for Nigerian universities as the non-teaching staff (NASU, SSANU, NAAT) have had a successful meeting with representatives of the federal government and have accepted a proposal. However, the strike does not end immediately, as they have asked to be given some time to end it. Samson Ugwoke, the National President […]
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The joint action committee of Non-Teaching Staff of Universities, made up of SSANU, NASU, NAAT has directed its members to proceed on a nationwide strike on September 11. The directive is coming a month after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on a strike, shutting down some universities. The committee comprises the National […]
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Non-academic unions in the Nigerian universities say they will on Monday 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). […]
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