Workers’ strike paralyses activities in University of Ibadan

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities SSANU, Non Academic Staff Union of Universities NASU and National Association of Academic Technologists NAAT barricaded entrances of the University of Ibadan during the commencement of a seven-day warning strike on Monday, thereby paralysing the administrative activities of the school.

The Chairman of SSANU, UI branch, Wale Akinremi, said the Federal Government’s failure to meet the agreement it reached with the workers’ unions of the universities in 2009 was responsible for the protest. Emphasising that the non-implementation of the ‘end allowance’ in the agreement was the main grievance.

He said the strike was unavoidable since the only language the Federal Government understands was that of force.

He noted other reasons for the strike, which include its non-inclusion in the next year’s budget and the proposed plan by the Federal Government to reduce the non-teaching staff in the universities across the country.

Commenting further, the Chairman of NASU, Mr. Cole Fatoki, said, “The union leaders are men and women of integrity who cannot be bought over by anybody but have restrained themselves all along not to localise the issue.”

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