The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) is set to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
Our correspondent gathered that the union may decide to call off its ongoing strike, depending on the outcome of the meeting.
It could be recalled that following the declaration of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, other unions, such as the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and NASU, had declared strikes.
The unions had insisted on the payment of minimum wage arrears owed since 2017, among other demands, which the Federal Government, through the office of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, engaged with ASUU, NASU, SSANU and other tertiary institution based unions in a tripartite meeting.
However, a circular shared with our correspondent on Thursday by concerned parties within the NASU NEC noted that the union would hold an emergency meeting.
“I have been directed to invite all branch chairmen to an emergency meeting for a briefing, deliberation and to take appropriate decisions on the outcome of the two meetings held with the honourable Minister of Labour and Employment on Thursday 5th May, 2022 and the tripartite meeting chaired by the Chief of Staff to the President on Thursday, 12th May, 2022.
“The meeting will be held as follows: Tuesday, 24th May, 2022 at 11am.”
An official of the union noted that the union might call off its strike depending on the outcome of the meeting.
“It depends on the outcome. If all the unions vote in favour of calling off the strike, then it will be called off,” the official, who spoke anonymously, said. – Punch.
