As the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) in the nation's tertiary institutions enters its
fourth month, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and
Associated Institutions (NASU) has indicated its resolve to embark on
its own indefinite strike next week.
Speaking at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the trade
union in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Tuesday, NASU's general
secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, said members of the union had not
been paid for two months, despite working to keep university system
running during the ongoing ASUU strike.
" NASU will commence its own strike next week, because we have been
working and government has refused to pay our salary. For us, it does
not make sense to continue to keep the system running when we are not
being paid. The reason for this is not known to us.
Government has not paid our salary for August and today is September
24; they are owing us two months' salary and there is no way we can
continue to do this work on empty stomach, while they run round the
globe on full stomach," he said.
Posted on September 25, 2013
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