Three major Non Academic Staff Unions consider joining ASUU strike Wednesday

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU will meet with the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, and the Non-Academic Technicians, NAT, on Wednesday in Abuja to decide on whether to join the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

Abdulsubur Salaam, the National PRO of SSANU, said during an interview on Sunday that the associations have been “pushed to the wall” by the Nigerian government.

The official listed some of the problems the unions had with the government.

“The issue of staff school that is being negotiated and we are not carried along as agreed on by the four unions in Nigerian varsities; our earned allowances have not been paid too and branches are really heaping pressure on us, especially on the staff school issue.

“So full blown strike may be inevitable as at now. However, we would take that meeting on Wednesday and make a decision on this there.”

However,an optimistic Adamu Adamu, the Education Minister, said the ASUU strike could be called off within one week.