Browsing: Strike Action

In the middle of a global public health crisis like COVID-19, and with hygiene as one of the recommended safety responses, I thought Lagos had a big problem on its hand. Waste managers going on strike, in a state that is the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria? Many Lagos residents were outraged. Why won’t LAWMA pay waste managers?

Like a savagely deflowered maiden, the University of Ilorin lost its jealously guarded virginity, of 20 years standing, last Tuesday with the decision of the Congress of its local Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to comply with the directive of its national body to proceed on a two-week warning strike.