Yakubu Simon, the Chairman, Non-Academic Staff Union, University of Abuja chapter, told newsmen in Gwagwalada, FCT that the strike began after series of meetings with members of the union
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The Joint Action Committee of the unions in a statement stated that the warning strike became necessary in order for government to fully implement the 2009 FGN/Non-Teaching Staff Unions Agreements it freely entered into with the unions
The development stalled both academic and non-academic activities, including the ongoing orientation that was organized for the newly admitted students into the university
Dimlong said: “What angered us most is that these deductions were done in order to pay our colleagues, the Academic Staff, College of Education Academic Staff Union, their Excess Work Load of N7,500
Akinlawon Fasasi, the Chairman of NASU at the institution, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the decision was due to some acts of insincerity by the management of the institution
The committee has been charged with unraveling the issues behind the crisis
The offices of the dons were under lock and key as all the lecturers stayed away from work
COEASU had on Monday said it was set to call off the strike but would wait until Thursday when it has met Shekarau to extract further promises from the Minister before formally announcing the suspension of the strike action
Adeyemi told NAN that the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education had on Thursday informed the union that a circular addressing the issues had been issued
On Thursday at the University of Ibadan, the workers engaged in a prayer session as they called on the heavenly hosts to stop the government from retrenching them
The various unions in the universities, consisting of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the Non Academic Staff of Universities and the National Association of Academic Technologists, are planning to embark on a nationwide indefinite strike to force the Federal Government to rescind the planned retrenchment of non teaching staff in federal universities