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JUST IN: ASUU joins workers’ nationwide strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has joined the ongoing nationwide strike by organised labour.

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has joined the ongoing nationwide strike by organised labour.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) last week Friday directed its members and state branches to commence an indefinite strike today over the failure of the federal government to announce and implement a new minimum wage for workers in the country.

Joining the strike, AUSS in a statement, the association’s President, Emmanuel Osodeke, directed lecturers in universities across the country to join the strike as an affiliate of the congress.

“The NLC has declared an indefinite strike action beginning from Monday, 3rd June 2024, as a result of the failure of Government to conclude the renegotiation of minimum wage for Nigerian workers and reversal of hike in electricity tariff,” the statement reads.

“Our branches are hereby enjoined to join in the strike action as an affiliate member of Congress.

“Consequently, branch chairpersons are to mobilise all members to participate in the strike action. Yours in the struggle.”

The union also faulted what it described as the nonchalant attitude of the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to matters about academics in Nigerian Federal Universities.

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