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Nigerian Varsity staff unions extend strike action, gives reason

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities NASU have extended the strike embarked upon by the unions under the eagis of joint action committee, JAC by one month.

This was disclosed by the leadership of both unions of the university of Benin chapter this Friday.

They said despite their strike for the past two months ,government has not met any of their seven demands and vowed to resist any form of intimidation to cajole them to go back to work when issues that led to the industrial action have not been addressed.

The institution’s vice chancellor professor Lillian Salami was also on ground in solidarity with them.

The non Academic staff of government owned universities have been on strike since March 28 2022.

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