Samson Ugwoke, JAC Chairman, said this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.
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The workers said they embarked on the strike as members of the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria.
Dr Salahu Lawal, the ASSU Chairman of the institution told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview in Lapai on Thursday that the strike was also a protest over other unresolved issues.
The union embarked on the strike to press home its demands for implementation of promotion, annual increment, among others.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that members of the union have been on an indefinite strike since February 16.
TheBay directive came in a statement jointly signed by Kofo Ogundeji, NLC State Secretary, Falegbe Mayowa, TUC State Secretary and Olabode Akinfenwa, JNC Assistant State Secretary.
Abdulkareem made this assertion on Monday in Ilorin at a three-day unscheduled visit to the various faculties of the university to monitor the ongoing registration of fresh students.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the workers shut the gates to the institutions and staged peaceful protest round their various host communities.
It is the second time reporters have gone on strike in seven days.
News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the ULC had earlier issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government, which expired on September 8.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that many people move from one house to another in search of water as staff of the board have refused to go to work in compliance with the NLC directive.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the NEC scheduled to hold the meeting at 8 p.m on Wednesday in the FCT-Abuja to assess government response to the demands made by the association.
In a meeting brokered as the nation’s chief conciliator, Senator Ngige said the Federal Government would do all that was necessary to meet up with the demands of the civil servants and the timeline in the agreement.
This was contained in a circular Ref. No. C. 3132/Vol. V/116, of 5th September, 2017, addressed to all CMDs/MDs of Federal Tertiary Health Institutions across the country.
Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, made the appeal in a statement signed by Samuel Olowookere, Deputy Director, Press, in the Ministry, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Rwang said: “We were last paid in August 2016; our employers keep telling us to be patient. They keep telling us that we will soon be paid. But we are tired of fake promises.”
Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, President of the union disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Abuja.
The doctors, under the aegis of the National Association of Government General Medical Practitioners, made the threat during a news conference in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The 14th round of strike since the dispute began in April 2014, has resulted in some 2,500 flights being cancelled over the past three days, affecting 315,000 passengers
Abada said: “ASUU was left with no option than to proceed on the one-week warning strike; failure to meet our demands, we will go on an indefinite strike