The non-academic unions in Nigerian universities have accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of hijacking the N23 billion released by the Federal Government for the part payment of the earned allowance owe the varsity workers. Against this background, the three non-academic staff unions in the universities – the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), have insisted that their on-going strike would be prolonged until the N66 billion earned allowances, owed them are fully paid. The General Secretary of NASU, ComradePeters Adeyemi, who spoke on behalf of NAAT and SSANU in Abuja on Thursday accused the Federal Government of insincerity and adopting a divisive approach to restore academic activities in the universities. He said: “The government should do well by giving what belongs to the non-teaching staff to them so that there will be less money to steal. “It is irrational for one out of the four unions to grab 89 per cent and wish 11 per cent for the other remaining non-teaching unions of NAAT, NASU and SSANU,” Comrade Godfrey Okeke, deputy president and chairman of the Universities Inter-University Centre, said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 25, 2018 20:24 UTC