UNILORIN Non-Academic Workers Joins Strike

Non-academic staff members of the University of Ilorin, ( UNILORIN ) have joined the recent nationwide strike that  was called to protest unfair deals from the federal government by their national body.

The decision to join the strike was decided at a congress of the joint action committee, umbrella organ for three industrial unions in the system; the Non Academic Staff Union ( NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the NATS.

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At the congress,the  Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Abdulkarem according to reports tried  to talk the workers  out of the but he was said to have been rebuffed by the workers.

The workers, it was gathered said that they would not disobey the directive of the national body which had been duly communicated since last week.

“He pleaded with to sustain our record at the university and even asked that we retain some critical sectors but we told him at the congress that the strike will be total” ‘ a source at the congress told our reporter.”

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