Strike: FG, non-teaching varsity workers reach agreement

The Federal Government and the Joint Action Committee of the non-teaching staff of Nigerian Universities have reached an agreement over the ongoing strike by the workers.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this at a conciliatory meeting with the leadership of the JAC of the unions and other officials of the Ministry of Education on Friday in Abuja.

The non-teaching staff of Nigerian universities under the auspices of JAC embarked on a strike on Monday over the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement.

The workers belong to the National Association of Academic Technologists, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities.

The demands of the unions included the payment of earned allowances, a review of the governance system in universities and improved funding in line with UNESCO recommendations. Ngige, however, said agreements had been reached on all the issues raised by the workers.

UCJ, UNILORIN.