ASUU – Unions To Shut Banks, Airports, Others Over Strike
ASUU: Unions to shut banks, airports, others over strike Goodluck Opiah, Education Minister, State. The Federal Government and workers’ unions in various sectors of the economy were literally at each other’s jugular, yest>erday, over the five-month long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which has grounded the nation’s ivory towers. Pointedly, the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals, ANAP, and National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, NUBIFIE, have threatened to shut down airports, banks and financial institutions in solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which has directed its members to embark on a nationwide protest on July 26 and 27 in solidarity with the university teachers’ industrial action. On a day the National Universities Commission, NUC, lamented the effects of the strike on students, the economy as well as reputation of the nation’s universities, the students’ wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG,also urged its members in the 19 states of the…
Nigerian students storm Kano Emir’s palace to protest ASUU strike
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday stormed the palace of the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero, to protest against the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU last week began a four-week strike to compel the Nigerian government to accede to its requests for more spendings on public universities. ASUU had, following a marathon meeting at the University of Lagos, (UNILAG) Akoka, declared the warning strike, starting from Monday, February 14, to protest the government’s failure to implement its agreement with the union. At the emir’s palace, NANS threatened to shut down Nigerian airports and major highways if the Federal Government and ASUU do not resolve their dispute and allow students return to their classes. Premium Times Nigeria BUA Group Ad ADVERTISEMENT Members of NANS at Kano Emir’s palace on Monday (Photo credit Premium Times) Members of NANS at Kano Emir’s palace on Monday (Photo credit Premium Times) Nigerian students storm Kano Emir’s palace to…
