Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been directed to join the NLC strike in the strike action over the increased pump price of petrol.
National President of the association, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, sent out a letter to the congress nationwide yesterday.
According to Ogunyemi, the move by the government to remove oil subsidy and increase fuel pump price from N86.50 to N145 per liter is obnoxious and callous.
Ogunyemi stated that the reasons for joining the NLC strike includes “delayed, partially paid and in most cases unpaid salaries for a number of months by state, federal and local governments, disguised retrenchment of workers, especially by State Governments, in the name of verification exercise and endless hunt for ghost workers and heavy taxation”.
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