The Non-Academic Staff Union on Friday handed the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to accede to some of its demands or face a nationwide strike.
The demands include the payment of earned allowances and the issue of sacked workers of staff schools.
Already, the non-teaching staff under the aegis of Joint Action Committee comprising the Non-Academic Staff Union of universities and educational institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, have directed all their branches to resume nationwide protests from Tuesday August 6, 2019.
The two unions, in a circular to all the branches after the JAC meeting held in Abuja, said that at the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum, they would be left with no other option but to withdraw their services and shut down the universities if the Federal Government failed to address all their grievances,.
The directive was contained in a circular to all their branches, titled “Notice of Industrial Action” and signed by the Chairman of JAC and President of SSANU, Samson Ugwoke, and the General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi, and obtained by journalists in Abuja on Friday.
The unions lamented the nonchalant attitude of the Federal Government towards addressing their grievances and obeying court judgment.
The circular read in part, “After extensive deliberations, JAC further observed that no date has been rescheduled by the President of the Senate, His Excellency, Senator Ahmed Lawan, for the meeting with the leadership of JAC national. The meeting earlier scheduled by the Federal Ministry of Education with the leadership of JAC national has been rescheduled for Wednesday, August 7, 2019 with no reason(s) stated.
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