No suspection of strike – NASU insists

The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) has said that there was never a suspension of strike.

NASU General Secretary, Mr Peters Adeyemi, denied the suspension rumours during his address to the press in Abuja on Monday, May 23.

He said extensively that, “The Federal Government has begun paying NASU members the arrears of the consequential adjustment of the national minimum though not all have received the payment so far.

“We cannot because of the ongoing payment which is yet to be concluded to be talking about suspension of the strike.

“However, we are consulting with our members. A consultation meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday. But it is very naïve and mischievous for anyone to start saying we are planning to suspend the strike.

“I read in a section of the media that reported that we are planning to suspend the strike on Tuesday.

“Whoever reports that is a paid agent of the Federal Government. Let me use this opportunity to debunk the report.

“As the strike is being prosecuted under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of both NASU and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU).

“There are four unions in the universities and inter-university centres that are involved in this struggle.

“How can any reporter claim that NASU is meeting to suspend the strike?

“There is no way NASU can suspend the strike when SSANU is clamouring for an extension of the strike by another one month to allow the government to address our grievances.”